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To The Stars (album)
''To the Stars'' is an album by American jazz fusion group the Chick Corea Elektric Band, released on August 24, 2004, by Stretch Records. Jazz musician Chick Corea, a longtime member of the Church of Scientology, was inspired by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard's science fiction 1954 novel ''To the Stars (novel), To the Stars''. Hubbard's book tells the story of an interstellar crew which experiences the effects of time dilation due to traveling at near Speed of light, light speed. A few days experienced by the ship's crew could amount to hundreds of years for their friends and family back on Earth. Corea was influenced in particular by a scene from Hubbard's work where one of the main characters plays the piano, and he created the album as a tone poem piece. It was the first time members of his group Chick Corea Elektric Band had gotten together since 1991. Scientology-owned Galaxy Press reissued the book at the same time as the album's release as a form of marketing co-operat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chick Corea Elektric Band
Chick Corea Elektric Band was a jazz fusion band, led by keyboardist and pianist Chick Corea and founded in 1986 in New York City. The band was nominated twice at the Grammy Awards. The sixth band album, a tribute one named ''Chick Corea Elektric Band II - Paint the World'' and released in 1993, received an additional nomination the next year. The group reunited in 2003, and Corea died in 2021. History Original lineup and first two albums The band was and its typical line-up, in addition to Corea, who played keyboards and piano, was Eric Marienthal (saxophone), Frank Gambale (guitar), John Patitucci (electric bass), and Dave Weckl (drums). This was the line-up for the first two albums: the eponymous ''The Chick Corea Elektric Band'', released in 1986, and ''Light Years'', released in 1987. Third and fourth album The third album was '' Eye of the Beholder'', released in 1988. The material for the fourth album, ''Inside Out'', released in 1990, was Corea originals. The last album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |