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Piano Improvisations Vol. 1
''Piano Improvisations Vol. 1'' is a studio album (and first solo piano album) by American jazz pianist Chick Corea, recorded over two days in April 1971 and released on ECM Records, ECM later that year. The session also produced ''Piano Improvisations Vol. 2'' (1972), released the following year. Reception Scott Yanow of AllMusic described ''Piano Improvisations Vols. 1 & 2'' as an accessible transition between Circle (jazz band), Circle and Return to Forever, as Corea moved away from the avant-garde to communicate with a wider audience. Track listing Personnel * 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 ... – piano Technical personnel * Manfred Eicher – producer * Jan-Erik Kongshaug – engineer * B & B Wojirsch – cover design * Valerie Wilmer †... [...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] |
