To the Stars

To the Stars Artist: Chick Corea Elektric Band
Label: Stretch Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 013431904328
EAN: 0013431904328
ASIN: B0002LR2J4


Release Date: 2004-08-24

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Tracks:

  1. Check Blast
  2. Port View 1
  3. Mistress Luck - A Portrait
  4. Mistress Luck - The Party
  5. Port View 2
  6. Johnny's Landing
  7. Port View 3 
  8. Alan Corday
  9. Port View 4
  10. Hound of Heaven
  11. Port View 5
  12. The Long Passage
  13. Port View 6
  14. Jocelyn-The Commander
  15. Port View 7
  16. Captain Jocelyn- Tribute by His Crew
  17. Captain Jocelyn - The Pianist

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  1. Multiplicity
  2. Chick Corea Elektric Band: Live at Montreux 2004
  3. The Ultimate Adventure
  4. Eye of the Beholder
  5. Beneath the Mask

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Another masterpiece. Great composition, great performances........2006-08-24

How anyone could give this a negative review is beyond me. This is another brilliant Chick Corea composition and the musicianship is superb. I have a suggestion: Get the DVD _Chick Corea Elektric Band - Live at Montreux 2004_ (very inexpensive from Amazon.com) where the band performs most of _To the Stars_. I think you might become more interested in the CD once you watch the DVD.

Also, for those complaining about the mix of Jazz and Fusion players....this is the Chick Corea Elektric Band, not Chick and Gary Burton, or Return to Forever (great as all of that music is). It is intended to be fresh and original. Many of Chick's compositions vary in musical genre. He also composes Classical pieces. What a dumb thing to say that this music "Will probably resonate with adolescents, and anyone (regretably) stuck in a teen timewarp." Sir, most adolescents do not yet have the mental capacity to absorb such mind-stretching compositions as those in _To the Stars_. Comprende?

2 out of 5 stars How could he do this to us???!!!.......2006-04-28

I'm a fan of Chick Corea since the late Sixties. I really do not understand how such a talented musician could ever have produced such a boring record.
I've always sustained that impeccable technique does not necessarily result in good music. Well here is a crude demonstration of this theory... How could he do this to us?
It seems that Chick Corea is now more interested in spreading L. Ron Hubbard's "philosophy" turned into "religion" than in making music. This will by no means diminish his place in the history of jazz. But I'm so sorry that he gave up on music...
This record deserves no more than one star, but I'll allow a second one for the sake of Chick Corea's glorious past.

2 out of 5 stars maybe the next c d.......2006-04-12

when I first read about the reunion of the Elektric band, i was so excited about it. Order the cd immediately when it was made available. This cd is unlike the excitment i read in the report, the compositions are amazing still but lack the fire of the earlier recordings. Nevertheless, it's still a collectable cd. I too hope for a reunion of rtf, or at least some of the songs re-arrange in the Elektric band style. The next one would be better.

5 out of 5 stars Amazing CD .......2005-12-01

I am shocked at the negative reviews given by most people who reviewed this CD. Each CD done by this band was different from the other. This is exactly what makes chick corea a genuis. He is always trying to challenge himself and the musicians around him. The music and technique on the CD is breathtaking and complex and it requires listeners to be on the same wavelength with these incredible musicians. The tunes are well written and performed. Chick, you are the greatest.

From a real fan.

5 out of 5 stars Great Elektric Band Record.......2005-10-12

While many of the folks have given this record a thumbs down, I'm giving this record 5 stars. The energy of the music here is amazing. I too have all the EB records, and I would say that this one does it for me too just as good as Eye of the beholder, Inside out etc. The recording is great. The music covers various rhythms, and the arrangments are great. The band sounds tighter. I mean, anytime you have these guys (corea, weckl, gambale, patitucci, marienthal) flex thier musical muscles in beautiful, complicated, high-energy music, what could be bad about that? These guys are the best in their instruments in their latest EB recording. What else do you expect?

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