Best of Chick Corea

Best of Chick Corea

Best of Chick Corea

ASIN: B000005HDZ

Editorial Reviews
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This CD reissue consists primarily of tracks from Chick Corea's early Blue Note LPs Now He Sings, Now He Sobs and The Song of Singing. Both are trio sessions. The former, recorded in 1968, featured bassist Miroslav Vitous and drummer Roy Haynes playing a program combining originals and standards. The latter, recorded in 1970, is a more experimental outing with bassist Dave Holland and drummer Barry Altschul. Corea's playing demonstrates a freedom and spontaneity that became all too rare on his later recordings, while the compelling interaction of the trio pointed the way for the ECM chamber-jazz sound of the early '70s. Shortly after this recording, saxophonist Anthony Braxton joined the trio to form the short-lived Circle, which combined free jazz with avant-garde classical composition. --Rick Mitchell

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Best of Chick Corea
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Great Compilation
  • Las mejores grabaciones acústicas de Chick Corea
  • Genius
  • Impressive collection of work by a young Chick
 Best of Chick Corea
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Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005HDZ
Release Date: 1993-06-15

Tracks:

  1. Straight Up And Down
  2. Tones For Joan's Bones
  3. Matrix
  4. My One And Only Love
  5. Windows
  6. Samba Yantra
  7. Pannonica
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  10. Blues Connotation
  11. Nefertiti

Amazon.com essential recording

This CD reissue consists primarily of tracks from Chick Corea's early Blue Note LPs Now He Sings, Now He Sobs and The Song of Singing. Both are trio sessions. The former, recorded in 1968, featured bassist Miroslav Vitous and drummer Roy Haynes playing a program combining originals and standards. The latter, recorded in 1970, is a more experimental outing with bassist Dave Holland and drummer Barry Altschul. Corea's playing demonstrates a freedom and spontaneity that became all too rare on his later recordings, while the compelling interaction of the trio pointed the way for the ECM chamber-jazz sound of the early '70s. Shortly after this recording, saxophonist Anthony Braxton joined the trio to form the short-lived Circle, which combined free jazz with avant-garde classical composition. --Rick Mitchell

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Great Compilation.......2001-07-04

I find myself playing this CD over and over again. There is something ineffable about Chick's playing, especially his early work, that has a quality that can't be precisely described -- we call it genius, or beauty, but we can never pin it down. The cuts on this CD are like that. The first 2 are from a Blue Mitchell album, but played melodically, and with beautiful horn accompaniment. The other cuts are Chick in a trio setting with the late great basist Miroslav Vitous. The interplay between Vitous and Chick is a treat to the ears. Chick's version of "My One and Only Love" is astonishing. I have this cut on my all-time piano trio CD collection. This is the kind of CD that you can play forever and never get tired of, because the playing is so fresh. As one other reviewer commented, those who own the "Now He Sings.. CD will find duplication here, but I'd say this is definitely a CD worth getting if you want to listen to a lot of great cuts from Chick's early work. (For those who are looking for Chick's electronic music, I want to emphasize that this CD is from Chick's early work, so you probably don't want to get it).

5 out of 5 stars Las mejores grabaciones acústicas de Chick Corea.......2001-05-15

Lo que me gusta de Chick Corea es que el color de su música es perceptible en cualquier ambiente que el pianista de Boston la ejecute. Ya sea en fusión, hardbop, vanguardia, electrónica, Corea siempre desliza ese toque lúdico que lo caracteriza. Sus primeras grabaciones, incluso esas tan densas como las que grabó con CIRCLE o el A.R.C. de ECM, están llenas de una belleza ecléctica y luminosa como un arcoiris, en este disco resume sus mejores grabaciones (desde mi particular punto de vista), aquéllas que grabara a finales de la gloriosa década de los sesenta. Sólo para gente que desee incorporarse al lado claro de la luna "coreana", porque quienes ya lo conocemos hay que ahorrarse la compra de este disco y conseguir rápidamente los compactos "Now he sings, now he sobs", "Tones for Joan's bones", "ARC", el "Song of singing" o el disco "Inner space".

5 out of 5 stars Genius.......2000-02-25

what a grand Talent.this set showcases the early Genius of this Man.his playing has such force at many different styles.he sounds so free and at ease thru out this set.you forget for a minute that this Man has played with the likes of Miles Davis,Herbie Hancock,Billy Cobham among a whose who.Straight up&down starts the Pace for this must have disc.i feel about this disc as i do about The Return To Forever era and that was something special on the ears.

5 out of 5 stars Impressive collection of work by a young Chick.......1999-12-30

Given Chick Corea's association with many record labels over the course of thirty plus years, many `Best of' Corea records have been released, creating some confusion for first-time and casual Corea listeners. This particular compilation covers his direct and indirect association with the Blue Note label during his formative years of the late sixties. While Corea was destined for greater things at this time, this is still an outstanding sample of his early work. On this record, you can actually hear him transform from a very good mainstream post-bop piano player and composer to a unique, virtuoso voice on his instrument and a master songwriter, a status that he enjoys to this day.

The first two tracks are actually taken from a 1966 Blue Mitchell LP, "Boss Horn", but Chick both composed and played prominently on these tunes, backed by a 4-man horn section. The energetic and shifting `Straight Up and Down' is followed by an early (but not the earliest) version of his first classic composition `Tones for Joan's Bones'. The remaining nine tracks are in a trio format, six of which can be found in the `Now He Sings, Now He Sobs' CD. The tracks he recorded with Miroslav Vitous and Roy Haynes rank among his best trio work, every song is outstanding. Most notable are his snappy interpretation of Monk's `Pannonica' and the originals `Windows' and `Now He Sings...'. His distinctive crisp-as-lettuce, swinging style is already well set by this time. For the last three tunes he played with Dave Holland and Barry Altschul, he stretches out toward free jazz, but never quite loses his anchor to bop. Wayne Shorter's `Nefertiti' is barely recognizable, especially at first listen, but you can still find it if you listen closely enough. Shortly after that set, Anthony Braxton comes on board, the avant-garde group `Circle' is born, and Corea makes jazz history several times over the course of the seventies and beyond.

This compilation is not a great choice for those who already own the `Now He Sings...' CD nor is it for the Corea completist. But it will more than do for anyone else.
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    Manufacturer: Music Brokers Arg
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000FIGHH2
    Release Date: 2006-08-21

    Tracks:

    1. Marjourn
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      Chick Corea
      Manufacturer: Universal Korea
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B0001GF2L0
      Release Date: 2004-02-24

      Tracks:

      1. Spain
      2. Armando's Rhumba
      3. Captain Marvel
      4. My One and Only Love
      5. Children's Song No. 15
      6. Interplay
      7. Autumn Leaves
      8. Got a Match?
      9. Light as a Feather
      10. 500 Miles High
      11. Blue Miles

      Tracks:

      1. Friends
      2. My Spanish Heart
      3. No Mystery
      4. So in Love
      5. Someday My Prince Will Come
      6. Where Have I Known You Before?
      7. Love Castle
      8. Wind Danse
      9. Lush Life
      10. Vulcan Worlds
      11. Maiden Voyage
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        Manufacturer: Universal
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000BR2OW4
        Release Date: 2005-12-19

        Tracks:

        1. Spain
        2. Captain Marvel
        3. 500 Miles High
        4. My Spanish Heart
        5. Someday My Prince Will Come

        Album Description

        Limited edition Japanese exclusive pressing. Universal. 2005.
        The Wednesday Night Pizza Band
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          Manufacturer: Music Unlimited
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000065ENX
          Release Date: 2002-03-27

          Tracks:

          1. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
          2. Sea Journey
          3. Nothin' Doin'
          4. Aphelion
          5. Bajie's Boogie
          6. Takin' It Easy
          7. Dewey Segment Suite
          8. The Irish Washer Chic
          9. A Felicidade
          10. September Elegy

          Album Description

          On a typical Wednesday night at Paisanos restaurant in Rockville, MD, 18 of the hottest musicians in the Washington, DC area gather to experiment with contemporary big band sounds. This group is dedicated to celebrating Music. All types of Music. Not jazz, not swing, not rock, not classical, not world beat, not adult contemporary and not Top 40. Just Music with a capital "M." And fun with a capital "F."

          "The Wednesday Night Pizza Band" builds on the best of artists such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Kenton, Count Basie, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chick Corea, Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Bob Marley, Claude Debussy, J. S. Bach, and even Celtic folk artists.
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            Manufacturer: Verve
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B0001ENWXW
            Release Date: 2004-02-09

            Tracks:

            1. Spain
            2. Armando's Rhumba
            3. Captain Marvel
            4. My One and Only Love
            5. Children's Song No. 15
            6. Interplay
            7. Autumn Leaves
            8. Got a Match?
            9. Light as a Feather
            10. 500 Miles High
            11. Blue Miles

            Tracks:

            1. Friends
            2. My Spanish Heart
            3. No Mystery
            4. So in Love
            5. Someday My Prince Will Come
            6. Where Have I Known You Before?
            7. Love Castle
            8. Wind Danse
            9. Lush Life
            10. Vulcan Worlds
            11. Maiden Voyage

            Album Description

            Asian exclusive compilation, packaged in a three-panel digipak, features 22 tracks. Universal. 2004.

            Album Details

            Asian exclusive release.

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            8. Chet Baker & Strings [Original recording remastered]
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