Chick Corea - The Ultimate Adventure
ARTIST.....: Chick Corea
TITLE......: The Ultimate Adventure
LABEL......: Concord Records
URL........: http://www.chickcorea.com
RIP DATE...: Feb-10-2006
STORE DATE.: Feb-07-2006
GENRE......: Jazz
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 113,9 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Three Ghouls: Part 1 01:39
02 - Three Ghouls: Part 2 04:02
03 - Three Ghouls: Part 3 03:11
04 - City Of Brass 06:39
05 - Queen Tedmur 05:15
06 - El Stephen: Part 1 06:39
07 - El Stephen: Part 2 01:47
08 - King & Queen 06:06
09 - Moseb The Executioner: Part 1 01:40
10 - Moseb The Executioner: Part 2 02:20
11 - Moseb The Executioner: Part 3 01:54
12 - North Africa 06:25
13 - Flight From Karoof: Part 1 06:12
14 - Flight From Karoof: Part 2 01:36
15 - Planes Of Existence: Part 1 05:26
16 - Arabian Nights: Part 1 04:31
17 - Arabian Nights: Part 2 02:39
18 - Gods & Devils 02:15
19 - Planes Of Existence: Part 2 02:52
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73:08 min
Release Notes:
Chick Corea has been one of the most significant jazzmen since the
'60s. Not content at any time to rest on his laurels, Corea has
been involved in quite a few important musical projects, and his
musical curiosity has never dimmed. A masterful pianist who, along
with Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett, was one of the top stylists
to emerge after Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner, Corea is also one of
the few electric keyboardists to be quite individual and
recognizable on synthesizers. In addition, he has composed several
jazz standards, including "Spain," "La Fiesta," and "Windows."
Corea began playing piano when he was four and, early on, Horace
Silver and Bud Powell were influences. He picked up important
experience playing with the bands of Mongo Santamaria and Willie
Bobo (1962-1963), Blue Mitchell (1964-1966), Herbie Mann, and Stan
Getz. He made his recording debut as a leader with 1966's Tones
for Joan's Bones, and his 1968 trio set (with Miroslav Vitous and
Roy Haynes) Now He Sings, Now He Sobs is considered a classic.
After a short stint with Sarah Vaughan, Corea joined Miles Davis
as Herbie Hancock's gradual replacement, staying with Davis during
a very important transitional period (1968-1970). He was persuaded
by the trumpeter to start playing electric piano, and was on such
significant albums as Filles de Kilimanjaro, In a Silent Way,
Bitches Brew, and Miles Davis at the Fillmore. When he left Davis,
Corea at first chose to play avant-garde acoustic jazz in Circle,
a quartet with Anthony Braxton, Dave Holland, and Barry Altschul.
But at the end of 1971, he changed directions again.
Leaving Circle, Corea played briefly with Stan Getz and then
formed Return to Forever, which started out as a melodic Brazilian
group with Stanley Clarke, Joe Farrell, Airto, and Flora Purim.
Within a year, Corea (with Clarke, Bill Connors, and Lenny White)
had changed Return to Forever into a pacesetting and high-powered
fusion band; Al DiMeola took Connors' place in 1974. While the
music was rock-oriented, it still retained the improvisations of
jazz, and Corea remained quite recognizable, even under the
barrage of electronics. When RTF broke up in the late '70s, Corea
retained the name for some big band dates with Clarke. During the
next few years, he generally emphasized his acoustic playing and
appeared in a wide variety of contexts; including separate duet
tours with Gary Burton and Herbie Hancock, a quartet with Michael
Brecker, trios with Miroslav Vitous and Roy Haynes, tributes to
Thelonious Monk, and even some classical music.
In 1985, Chick Corea formed a new fusion group, the Elektric Band,
which eventually featured bassist John Patitucci, guitarist Frank
Gambale, saxophonist Eric Marienthal, and drummer Dave Weckl. To
balance out his music, a few years later he formed his Akoustic
Trio with Patitucci and Weckl. When Patitucci went out on his own
in the early '90s, the personnel changed, but Corea continued
leading stimulating groups (including a quartet with Patitucci and
Bob Berg). During 1996-1997, Corea toured with an all-star quintet
(including Kenny Garrett and Wallace Roney) that played modern
versions of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk compositions. He
remains an important force in modern jazz, and every phase of his
development has been well-documented on records.
Corea started out the 21st century by releasing a pair of solo
piano records, Solo Piano: Originals and Solo Piano: Standards, in
2000, followed by Past, Present & Futures in 2001. Rendezvous in
New York appeared in 2003, followed by To the Stars in 2004. The
Ultimate Adventure was released in 2006.