avant garde
The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or 'vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical De ...
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
ensemble, active in 1970 and 1971. The group arose from pianist
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 ...
reed instruments
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. The group's earliest (and only studio) recordings were made in 1970 for the Blue Note label but not released until 1975 under Corea's name. A live double album appeared on the
ECM
ECM may refer to:
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* Error correction model, an econometric model
* European Common Market
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* Elliptic curve method
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label in 1972. These recordings document a period in which Corea's work was steeped in the jazz 'avant garde,' prior to his complete shift to the
jazz fusion
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orientation. Corea, Holland and Altschul also recorded the album, '' A.R.C.'' for ECM in 1971, but it was not released under the band name Circle.
Discography
* ''Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert'' (CBS/Sony Japan, 1970) – originally released under Circle's name, CD reissue released under Chick Corea's name
* ''Circle 2: Gathering'' (CBS/Sony Japan, 1971) – originally released under Circle's name, CD reissue released under Chick Corea's name.
* '' Paris Concert'' (
ECM
ECM may refer to:
Economics and commerce
* Engineering change management
* Equity capital markets
* Error correction model, an econometric model
* European Common Market
Mathematics
* Elliptic curve method
* European Congress of Mathematics
...
, 1972) – recorded in 1971
* ''
Circling In
''Circling In'' is a double LP collection by jazz pianist Chick Corea featuring performances recorded between 1968 and 1970, including the first recordings by the group Circle, which was first released on the Blue Note label in 1975.Blue Note, 1975) – recorded in 1970. originally released under Chick Corea's name with additional tracks from Corea's earlier recordings. The Circle tracks were also released as ''Early Circle'' (1992).
* '' Circulus'' (Blue Note, 1978) – recorded in 1970. originally released under Chick Corea's name.