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The Definitive Chick Corea on Stretch and Concord
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This two-disc, 21-track collection covering
's recordings over 30 years offers a dazzling array of settings and styles, originals and standards. It begins with the electrifying title track from 1979's
-- which featured the late
-- in a fusion quintet, continues through his
composition with then-young lions
,
, and
(along with the timeless veteran
) in 1989, through to his beautiful solo rendition of
in 1999, all on disc one.
dazzles technically and is always in stellar company, from younger players like those mentioned above or younger still (
) to contemporaries (
and
), to mentors (
). While
does play Fender Rhodes and synthesizers on that first cut, the rest of this first disc features his acoustic piano. Disc two is more varied; balanced between Rhodes and acoustic piano. It begins in 2003 with the now familiar
rendered by
and vocalist
, and moves through his
period with
, and into the
with those players,
, with
off 2004's
. There's a reunion with
on the quintet cut
from
, and a beautiful version of
with Japanese piano sensation
. There's another pair of of duets, too:
with
, and a live version of
backed by an orchestra. Disc two closes with a balance of the old and the new. First, there's the crunchy rocking fusion of
, which features
, and guitarist
, followed by an unreleased live acoustic version of
from the
"unplugged" tour, which was left off 2011's
. Although
's work has been compiled in various ways before this focused set was released,
, produced by the man himself, offers a look at how he views his own work over three decades. ~ Thom Jurek