Comments on: Chick Corea https://jazzcollector.com/features/chick-corea/ For those who love jazz Mon, 15 Feb 2021 04:27:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Bill W. https://jazzcollector.com/features/chick-corea/comment-page-1/#comment-454969 Mon, 15 Feb 2021 04:27:47 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8666#comment-454969 Nice article Al. Of all Corea’s performances on record, my favorite is one you mentioned, Sweet Rain. It’s also my favorite Getz lp. Everything about that album from the b&w photo on the otherwise white cover, to the straight ahead performances is pure. Loved his stuff on ECM with Gary Burton as well. So sad that he’s gone.

]]> By: adamski https://jazzcollector.com/features/chick-corea/comment-page-1/#comment-454948 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:19:45 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8666#comment-454948 I had the fortune of seeing Chick numerous times over the last 35 years.
As Alan said, he always made you feel he would rather be on that stage with you then anywhere else on earth.
He always gave everything. I last saw him in 2019 at the North Sea Jazz festival in Rotterdam, with his ‘My Spanish Heart’ band, flamenco dancers, guitarists, percussionists ….the whole package. He as awesome in the true sense of the word..

I dug out records from his career last night, from his contribution on drummer Pete La Roca’s ‘Turkish Women at the Bath’ album,
to ‘Return to Forever’ and ‘Trio Music’ on ECM and then to the latest Trilogy live dates. Always quality.

Bloody Covid and the subsequent Lockdown stopped me seeing the last London dates at the Barbican March 2020, I still have the tickets pinned to my pin-board
Thank you Chick, what a contribution, we applaud you!!

]]> By: Art Klempner https://jazzcollector.com/features/chick-corea/comment-page-1/#comment-454891 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 23:07:41 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8666#comment-454891 May I recommend “Chick’s Tune”from that great Blue Mitchell’s album “The Thing to do”

]]> By: Bill Lavin https://jazzcollector.com/features/chick-corea/comment-page-1/#comment-454889 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:19:21 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8666#comment-454889 Great story, Al. We are envious!

I saw Chick in concert with Jack DeJohnette and Bobby McFerrin, along with my wife and son at his college, ca. 2009.

To my chagrin, the entire concert was a free improvisation of anything that came to their minds, for one 90 minute period. I was intrigued, but selling this music to their ears was challenging for me. At least they had one encore, with an audience member requesting “Spain”, which was unforgettable.

]]> By: maarten kools https://jazzcollector.com/features/chick-corea/comment-page-1/#comment-454883 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:26:16 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8666#comment-454883 great story Al, thanks. yes, it’s a loss 🙁

i had never seen him live, so together with a friend of mine we bought tickets for the concert in Amsterdam, in the Concertgebouw. …for march 2020.. well , here comes Covid-19… so it was delayed till oktober 2020… well, covid 19 was back again.. they said somewhere in the beginning of 2021 the show would go on… well…
have the lp’s now as a surrogate … and Sweet rain is certainly one of my favourites

]]> By: Kris Grier https://jazzcollector.com/features/chick-corea/comment-page-1/#comment-454882 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:50:10 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8666#comment-454882 Is there anyone else who ventured into so many varied musical styles, other than Miles Davis?
I’m a fan of early fusion and “Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy” is a classic!

]]> By: Clifford Allen https://jazzcollector.com/features/chick-corea/comment-page-1/#comment-454881 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:52:08 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8666#comment-454881 Great that you had that experience, rather, both of those experiences. Never saw him but have always dug his 60s/early 70s recordings as a leader & sideman, and he seemed like quite an interesting person. RIP.

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