Chick Corea

I always liked the RTF album Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy best, I always thought everything after that doesn't have the same raw sound, I think I like Bill Connors on guitar better on that album, though I like much of the De Meola RTF stuff, "Hymn" always will be my favorite.

Light as a Feather and the first self titles album on ECM, Has very little to do with the The fusion classics,

Another album worth checking out is the Stan Getz album Captain Marvel, Some of the fieriest Getz playing he ever did, Chick is very good on the album.

Edited by darkprinceofjazz - 23 Dec 2011 at 9:31am

Am I allowed to postulate here that The Mothership Returns serves as both a perfect summary of Chick Corea's career, and his confirmation as the grand maestro of the keyboards?

js wrote:

Keyboards maybe, ... piano not likely.

I would agree with that statement, though he did earn a little bit of love with the late 60's early 70's stuff he did in Circle.

Been enjoying Tones for Jone's Bones, an album I always knew about but only decided to check out recently. Great stuff, up there with Herbie Hancock's 60s albums.

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There is a Blue Note Chick Corea compilation from his early years called "Circling In". Apparently its not on the site yet, but it has several Circle studio cuts, as well as some other early Corea playing, its my favorite Chick Corea album.

I would tell you what albums the Circle cuts come from, but its light yellow print on an old beige album cover. It was barely readable a long time ago, pretty much impossible now.

This compilation album is not important to collectors and can be bought fairly cheap. I don't know if they have anything on CD.

Original Chick Corea studio debut("Circle 2: Gathering"), released in 1971 on CBS/Sony in Japan was re-released on CD in 1996 by Corea's own Stretch label,just with different cover art (in Japan only as well). Reissue is rarity though as well

Same with their true debut, live album from 1971, it have been re-released by Corea's Stretch in Japan on CD (1996,different cover)

Their only European release, "Paris Concert"(on ECM) have been re-issued many times by ECM on CD, both in Europe and States (and in Japan as well)

"Circling In" John mentioned is not real compilation, but album of previously unreleased out-takes,etc. It contains only unreleased material, so it counts as regular album and is added here among studio albums. It was released on Blue Note(1975) in their "The Blue Note Re-Issue Series" and as much as I know have been never re-released on CD.

It has continuation as "Circulus", which was released in 1978 in France and never re-issued since that (on Blue Note's same series and as Chick Corea's album as well - contains previously unreleased material).

Originally above album is part of Japanese only series of two albums containing unreleased material "Circulus vol.1" and "Circulus vol.2". Both together these albums were released as "Circulus" in US as well

The only other album(besides "Paris Concert"), released in States on CD is real compilation, "Early Circle" (1992,Blue Note)

Edited by snobb - 29 Jun 2014 at 4:32am

Apparently "Circling In" is from three different recording sessions. One session with several cuts has a trio of Corea, Braxton and Holland, basically Circle without Altschul.

snobb wrote:

Related band (same trio just without Braxton) A.R.C. released album in 1971,which was re-issued on CD (ECM)

This is also on my radar, and I'll probably pick it up at some point.

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Stab them in the ears.

Return to Forever's 'Romantic Warrior' album is up there with his best work in my view.

A mix of Chick's acoustic piano and electronic keyboard playing along with the musical talents of Clarke, Di Meola and White makes this album one of the finest I've ever listened to.

Like my username status says I'm a newbie but I still enjoy what I've heard from Jazz music Smile