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Is (album)
''Is'' is the third studio album by Chick Corea, released in 1969 on Solid State Records. It features Corea with trumpeter Woody Shaw, tenor saxophonist Bennie Maupin, flautist Hubert Laws, bassist Dave Holland and drummers Jack DeJohnette & Horace Arnold. In 2002, Blue Note Records re-released all tracks from this album, together with 1969's '' Sundance'', along with alternate takes from both albums as '' The Complete "Is" Sessions''. Track listing All music composed by Chick Corea, except where otherwise noted. Side one #"Is" – 28:54 Side two #"Jamala" – 14:04 (Dave Holland) #"This" – 8:18 #"It" – 0:30 Personnel * Chick Corea – piano, electric piano * Woody Shaw – trumpet * Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone * Hubert Laws – flute, piccolo flute * Dave Holland – double bass * Jack DeJohnette – drums * Horace Arnold – drums See also * '' The Complete "Is" Sessions'' (Blue Note, 2002) References External links Chick Corea - ''Is'' (1969) alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", " 500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and "Windows" are widely considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis's band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of jazz fusion. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever. Along with McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, and Keith Jarrett, Corea is considered one of the foremost jazz pianists of the post-John Coltrane era. Corea continued to collaborate frequently while exploring different musical styles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He won 27 Grammy Awards and was nominated more than 60 times. Early life and education Armando Corea was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on June 12, 1941, to parents Anna (née Zaccone) and Armando J. Corea. He was of southern Italian descent, his father having been born to an immigrant from Albi co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
