Chick Corea: The Montreux Years (Live) Chick Corea

• 1 Fingerprints (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2001) (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2001) 07:51
• 2 Bud Powell (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2010) (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2010) 13:41
• 3 Quartet No. 2, Pt. 1 (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1988) (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1988) 11:46
• 4 Interlude (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2004) (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2004) 04:31
• 5 Who's Inside the Piano (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1993) (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1993) 04:41
• 6 Dignity (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2001) (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2001) 07:14
• 7 America (Continents, Pt. 4) [Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2006] (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2006) 10:07
• 8 New Waltz (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1993) (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1993) 14:10
• 9 Trinkle Tinkle (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1981) (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1981) 10:19
• Total Runtime 01:24:20

Info for Chick Corea: The Montreux Years (Live)

This important live recording from 1981 features the great pianist with a stunning group: Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, Gary Peacock on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums. Haynes worked with Corea on many prior occasions, and Henderson was about to collaborate with him on the Griffith Park albums of the early ’80s, but this is the first time the three appear together. Peacock’s presence is an additional delight. The probing bassist contributes the multi-layered, magnificent “Up, Up and….”

Three of Corea’s compositions here — “Hairy Canary,” “Folk Song,” and “Slippery When Wet” — would later wind up as bonus tracks on Stretch’s 1994 reissue of the 1981 CD Three Quartets. In addition, there are valuable renditions of two dense and challenging Corea tunes, “Psalm” and “Quintet #2,” along with two standards: Thelonious Monk’s “Trinkle, Tinkle” and Cole Porter’s “So in Love.” The latter culminates in a four-minute Haynes drum solo.

"Overall, the record is essential for fans of any and all of the four musicians involved." (AllMusic)

The Montreux Jazz Festival takes place for two weeks every summer in Switzerland, on the shores of Lake Geneva. Created in 1967 by Claude Nobs, the Montreux Jazz Festival has become over the years an essential event, generating fantastic stories and legendary performances. In its 50 year plus history, Montreux has hosted iconic performances by artists including Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Marvin Gaye, Prince, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Elton John and Stevie Wonder.

Chick Corea, piano
Joe Henderson, tenor saxophone
Gary Peacock, double bass
Roy Haynes, drums

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Chick Corea
An NEA Jazz Master, 16-time Grammy® winner, prolific composer and undisputed keyboard virtuoso, Chick Corea has attained living legend status after four decades of unparalleled creativity and an artistic output that is simply staggering.

From straight ahead to avant-garde, bebop to fusion, children’s songs to chamber music, along with some far-reaching forays into symphonic works, Chick Corea has touched an astonishing number of musical bases in his illustrious career while maintaining a standard of excellence that is awe-inspiring. A tirelessly creative spirit, Chick Corea continues to forge ahead, continually reinventing himself in the process.

Chick Corea began his career with apprenticeships with the likes of Stan Getz, Sarah Vaughan and Miles Davis’s band, where he participated in such landmark sessions as In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew. Embarking on a solo career in 1966, Chick Corea has been at the forefront of jazz, both as a renowned pianist forging new ground with his acoustic jazz bands and as an innovative electric keyboardist with Return to Forever and the Elektric Band. His extensive discography boasts numerous essential albums, beginning with his 1968 classic, Now He Sings, Now He Sobs.

Chick Corea continues to make a significant impact on the scene, as evidenced by 2007’s Grammy®-winning The Enchantment (duets with banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck), 2008’s The New Crystal Silence (duets with long-standing collaborator Gary Burton), 2009’s Returns (documenting Return To Forever’s 2008 reunion tour) and 2009’s Grammy®-winning Five Peace Band Live (with John McLaughlin, Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett and Vinnie Colaiuta).

2011 demonstrated Chick Corea’s virtuosity in all its forms: he mounted a hugely successful world tour with Return to Forever IV, received a Latin Grammy® for the Corea, Clarke & White album Forever, released the acclaimed piano duet album Orvieto with Stefano Bollani, recorded his second concerto, The Continents, with a 30-piece orchestra (due for release on Deutsche Grammophon in February 2012) and capped the year with a month-long, career-spanning residency at New York’s Blue Note, featuring ten bands, including John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock and Bobby McFerrin.

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