Chick Corea Elektric Band – ‘Light Years’ (1987, 2023 reissue)
If you just want to hear Chick Corea and his mates shred like rock stars, 1987’s ‘Light Years’ by his Elektric Band is a good place for that.
If you just want to hear Chick Corea and his mates shred like rock stars, 1987’s ‘Light Years’ by his Elektric Band is a good place for that.
The late Chick Corea was a musical chameleon who thrived in a multitude of musical assemblages, as heard on the new ‘Montreux Years’ anthology.
Bassist Brian Bromberg joins Ross Boissoneau to discuss career-turning LPs from Miles Davis and Return to Forever, and what he’s listening to now.
This is one of those massive losses in both the jazz and piano worlds. It’s simply impossible to even summarize Chick Corea’s impact.
‘Return to Forever: Returns’ arrived 10 years ago today as a reminder of everything we loved about this cosmic, muscular and damned funky band.
There’s a record for every corner of fusion, from minimalism to funk-jazz to jam band, on S. Victor Aaron’s final Best of 2018 list.
Chick Corea and Steve Gadd’s ‘Chinese Butterfly’ breaks no new ground but in this case, that can be completely forgiven.
He passed on way back in 1993, but the earth – no … the universe – still misses him.
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With song titles like “Galaxy 32 Star 4,” “Portals To Forever” and “Outside Of Space” and a CD cover of Chick Corea striking a Romantic Warrior pose, The Vigil looks to be a Return To Forever kind of Corea album. You May Also Like: The Chick Corea + Steve GaddRead More