Chick Corea - The Best Of Chick Corea

Artist: Chick Corea
Guest Artists: Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester, Junior Cook, Roy Haynes, Miroslav Vitous, Dave Holland, Barry Altschul
Title Of Album: The Best Of Chick Corea
Year Of Release: June 15, 1993
Label: Blue Note Records
Studio/Live: Studio
Genre, Style: jazz, jazz piano, modern postbebop
Type, Quality: FLAC (Track), lossless; mp3, CBR 320 kbps; HQ Covers
Total Time: 59:43
Total Size: FLAC - 325.18 MB; mp3 - 137.2 MB

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

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.

Song title:
1. Straight Up And Down (1993 Digital Remaster)
2. Tones For Joan's Bones (1993 Digital Remaster)
3. Matrix (Digitally Remastered)
4. My One And Only Love (Digitally Remastered)
5. Windows (Digitally Remastered)
6. Samba Yantra (Digitally Remastered)
7. Pannonica (Digitally Remastered)
8. Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Digitally Remastered)
9. Toy Room (Digitally Remastered)
10. Blues Connotation (Digitally Remastered)
11. Nefertitti (Digitally Remastered)

Personnel: Chick Corea (piano); Jerry Dodgion (alto saxophone); Junior Cook (tenor saxophone); Blue Mitchell (trumpet); Julian Priester (trombone); Gene Taylor, Miroslav Vitous, Dave Holland (bass); Mickey Roker, Roy Haynes, Barry Altschul (drums).