Chick Corea
Posted by: Fisbey on 08 October 2004
I was listening last night to a CD called 'where have I known you before' which I think is very good - can anyone recommend any others by CC and return to forever.
thanks
I do have a CD called 'Beneath the mask' which I don't like as much and also a solo cd called 'Impressions' which is somewhere between the two enjoyment wise.
Posted on: 08 October 2004 by Rasher
Impressions, eh? Where did you get that? I had a double Blue Note LP years ago that I cannot find anywhere on CD and it might be something like that one. Want to swap it?
If you like the Return To Forever stuff - then my personal fave is Mo Mystery, but there is also Romantic Warrior. Both of these are great toe-dippers. There is a new Chick Corea album out that I got at his Barbican gig pre-release, but it's not up to scratch unfortunately.
I would recommend Now He Sings - Now He Sobs, but if you don't much like the solo acoustic piano stuff, then you probably wouldn't want to go there.
Lenny White is just a magical drummer - one of the all time greats IMO.
Posted on: 08 October 2004 by Fisbey
I got impressions years ago (don't remember where from sadly) - I do like it, just not as much (as yet) as the return to forever CD.
I guess that's a no to a swap then!
I'll check out some other stuff, Stanley Clarke seems to be a pretty mean bass player too!
It's strange how many CD's I've got that I've not listened to very much, which is good in some ways, bit like getting a new CD collection!
Posted on: 08 October 2004 by Martin D
Posted on: 08 October 2004 by jayd
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Crystal Silence" with Gary Burton (from '73, I believe) is one of my faves. Diametrically opposed to the RTF stuff (which I also like, esp. Romantic Warrior).
Posted on: 08 October 2004 by Martin D
jayd
quick question, how do you make your link so small?
Cheers
Posted on: 08 October 2004 by jayd
Martin D,
the syntax of it goes like this:
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-where the first bit is the actual URL
-the second bit is how you want the link to read on the page
-and all {} are replaced by [] (if I'd used [] in my example, it would have shown up as a real link)
The "Instant UBBCode" URL button on the reply page will take you through this in two easy steps.
best,
Jay
Posted on: 08 October 2004 by fred simon
quote:
Originally posted by Rasher:
I would recommend Now He Sings - Now He Sobs, but if you don't much like the solo acoustic piano stuff, then you probably wouldn't want to go there.
There is no justification for avoiding
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, one of the seminal cornerstones of modern jazz piano.
Plus, it's not solo (I know you know that, I'm just clarifying for Fisbey), with Miroslav Vitous on bass and Roy Haynes on drums ... a very energetic set of melodic groundbreaking music.
Posted on: 09 October 2004 by Rasher
Yeah Fred....I mean Acoustic..but, well, you know what I mean. Some of it is solo...especially the intro & outro pieces that have him removing dead flies from inside the piano
While you're here - I'm really looking forward to your new CD.
Posted on: 10 October 2004 by Rasher
I bought The Complete IS Sessions thi safternoon. I'm looking forward to playing that tonight.
Any ideas on how it is?
Posted on: 10 October 2004 by fred simon
quote:
Originally posted by Rasher:
While you're here - I'm really looking forward to your new CD.
Thanks, Rasher. I'm really looking forward to it, too.
Posted on: 11 October 2004 by Fisbey
I think I've gone mad - I've just ordered 4 of the CD's mentioned from Amazon....
Posted on: 11 October 2004 by Fisbey
Romantic warrior, Now he sings now he sobs, No mystery and Childrens songs!
I cannot stop playing WHIKYB, most excellent!
Look forward to hearing some more, mmmm new avenue in music appearing I feel....
Posted on: 11 October 2004 by Rasher
Excellent!
So when do we start talking about John McLaughlin then?
Posted on: 13 October 2004 by Peter C
Posted on: 18 October 2004 by Fisbey
Well got 3 of the 4 this morning - will report back!
(Childrens songs yet to arrive)
Posted on: 18 October 2004 by BLT
"Vertu" are also worth checking out, with Stanley Clarke and Lenny White - they even covered part of HOTSG.
Posted on: 20 October 2004 by Fisbey
Right - Romantic Warrior - excellent haven't stopped playing it yet!
Now he sings now he sobs - very good - will listen some more (in between the above!).
No mystery mmmm not too sure about this one at all (as yet)....
Posted on: 20 October 2004 by Rasher
No Mystery is probably my favorite of the RTF albums. I'm sure it will kick in eventually. It was Romantic Warrior that I initially had trouble with personally.
In the post yesterday came Miles Davis' In A Silent Way, which has an awsome Bitches Brew line up with Chick Korea (sic). I played it 3 times. I played mostly Miles Davis last weekend & I seem to have trouble stopping.
Posted on: 20 October 2004 by jayd
My main problem with RTF is that I'm not a huge fan of the Oberheim (or whatever slippy-slidey-bendy-synthy thing Corea played back then). Tom Coster played the same sorta thing on Santana's Moonflower album, and it isn't my fave there, either (although he tones it down a notch, and does some really pretty things).
Posted on: 20 October 2004 by Rasher
I know exactly what you mean Jayd, although I don't mind it, and I think its a Moog.
With me it's strings on rock albums.
If my kid said "Daddy, I want to be a rock star - can I have a violin?", I would explode.
Posted on: 20 October 2004 by jayd
quote:
Originally posted by Rasher:
With me it's strings on rock albums.
If my kid said "Daddy, I want to be a rock star - can I have a violin?", I would explode.
Not a big Moody Blues/ELO fan then?
Posted on: 20 October 2004 by Rasher
ELO?
I wish you hadn't said that. I'm going to have nightmares now
Posted on: 25 October 2004 by Fisbey
Just got Childrens Songs, will give it a listen tonight.
Still don't like No Mystery though...
Posted on: 25 October 2004 by Craig M
Posted on: 25 October 2004 by Rasher
I'm keeping my head down
