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What is your favorite Chick Corea CD/Album?

Chick Corea has been a prolific and creative jazz artist for over thirty years. I throughly enjoyed his newest CD, The Ultimate Adventure, which he described as being a "tone poem." It's reminiscent of some of his earlier work (e.g., The Leprechaun) as it is based on literature - in the case of The Ultimate Adventure, a science fiction story by L. Ron Hubbard. The Leprechaun was my introduction to Corea's work and remains a preferred listen. However, my favorite Corea CD is Beneath the Mask, a more traditional jazz CD by the Electric Band. I particularly like Patitucci's bass playing on the first cut - Beneath the Mask played very loudly.
johnrob
sdcampbell
2,136 posts
 
It's hard to pick a favorite, since Corea has performed a number of different styles of jazz, and recordings ranging from solo and duo to sextets). Here are a few of my favorite Corea albums (both as a leader and as a "sideman":
1. Light As A Feather;
2. Crystal Silence (with Gary Burton);
3. Native Sense (with Gary Burton);
4. Akoustic Band: Alive
5. Trio Music: Live In Europe;
6. Amber Skies (one of my favorite jazz recordings that I continue to return to over the years; Corea was the pianist in sextet; released on Palo Alto Records in late 1980's)
7. Like Minds (with Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, and Roy Haynes.
chriskeating
189 posts
 
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seric56
12 posts
 
Chick is one of those rare artists who constantly reinvent themselves musically, I've really liked a lot of his musical explorations old and new, that said I think that his early seventies work with Return To Forever especially, Where Have I know You Before; were his strongest and best realized. just MHO.
bobgates
535 posts
 
My favorite is "Musicmagic" by Return To Forever" but "The Mad Hatter" is also another big favorite.
mfsoa
76 posts
 
I still find the sound quality and music on Romantic Warrier to be fabulous all these years later. There is something magical about the drum sound on this album, and the overall sonic presentation as well.
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