Plays Chick Corea

• 1Chick Talks Mozart and Gershwin02:12
• 2Mozart: Piano Sonata in F, KV332 (2nd Part - Adagio)04:18
• 3Someone To Watch Over Me07:39
• 4Improvisation on Scarlatti02:18
• 5Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor K9, L413 Allegro02:08
• 6Yesterdays05:40
• 7Chick Talks Bill Evans and Antonio Jobim00:41
• 8Waltz For Debby07:22
• 9Desafinado05:07
• 10Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 #404:14
• 11Scriabin: Prelude Op. 11 (Part 1) #405:00
• 12Chick Talks Monk00:20
• 13Pannonica04:13
• 14Trinkle Tinkle02:33
• 15Blue Monk04:20
• 16Pastime Paradise05:56
• 17Chick Talks Paco00:47
• 18The Yellow Nimbus09:33
• 19Chick Talks Portraits00:59
• 20Portrait: Henrietta02:22
• 21Portrait: Chris02:08
• 22Chick Talks Duets00:22
• 23Duet: Yaron03:57
• 24Duet: Charles03:06
• 25Chick Talks Children's Songs00:43
• 26Children's Song No. 101:43
• 27Children's Song No. 301:12
• 28Children's Song No. 402:36
• 29Children's Song No. 901:25
• 30Children's Song No. 1003:50
• 31Children's Song No. 1501:34
• 32Children's Song No. 1703:43
• 33Children's Song No. 1207:57
• Total Runtime01:51:58

Info for Plays

"The latest addition to Chick's remarkable discography is Plays, a captivating and intimate double album of solo performances. While he claims that,"Solo piano is lonely," Chick finds himself in good company throughout these stellar performances, engaging with several of his favorite composers. The list of icons represents a wide swath of musical history, from the classical repertoire of Mozart and Chopin to formative jazz influences like Thelonious Monk and Bill Evans, on to the Great American Songbook classics, the bossa nova beauty of Jobim, and the modern pop sensibility of Stevie Wonder. With countless classics having become standards over the last half century, Corea himself deserves to take his place in that pantheon, and Plays includes a number of pieces - reprised from past albums or spontaneously improvised - from his own estimable songbook. The album also showcases his charming rapport with enthusiastic audiences in concert halls across Europe and the U.S., who become integral collaborators in these spirited renditions.

"I'm part of a lineage," Corea explains. "The thing that I do is similar to what Monk did, to what Bill Evans and Duke Ellington did, and moving back into another era of music, what Bach and Mozart and Beethoven did. These were all pianists who were composers at heart, who gathered their own musicians together to play. I feel so proud to be a part of that tradition.""

Chick Corea, piano

Chick Corea
An NEA Jazz Master, 16-time Grammy® winner, prolific composer and undisputed keyboard virtuoso, Chick Corea has attained living legend status after four decades of unparalleled creativity and an artistic output that is simply staggering.

From straight ahead to avant-garde, bebop to fusion, children’s songs to chamber music, along with some far-reaching forays into symphonic works, Chick Corea has touched an astonishing number of musical bases in his illustrious career while maintaining a standard of excellence that is awe-inspiring. A tirelessly creative spirit, Chick Corea continues to forge ahead, continually reinventing himself in the process.

Chick Corea began his career with apprenticeships with the likes of Stan Getz, Sarah Vaughan and Miles Davis’s band, where he participated in such landmark sessions as In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew. Embarking on a solo career in 1966, Chick Corea has been at the forefront of jazz, both as a renowned pianist forging new ground with his acoustic jazz bands and as an innovative electric keyboardist with Return to Forever and the Elektric Band. His extensive discography boasts numerous essential albums, beginning with his 1968 classic, Now He Sings, Now He Sobs.

Chick Corea continues to make a significant impact on the scene, as evidenced by 2007’s Grammy®-winning The Enchantment (duets with banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck), 2008’s The New Crystal Silence (duets with long-standing collaborator Gary Burton), 2009’s Returns (documenting Return To Forever’s 2008 reunion tour) and 2009’s Grammy®-winning Five Peace Band Live (with John McLaughlin, Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett and Vinnie Colaiuta).

2011 demonstrated Chick Corea’s virtuosity in all its forms: he mounted a hugely successful world tour with Return to Forever IV, received a Latin Grammy® for the Corea, Clarke & White album Forever, released the acclaimed piano duet album Orvieto with Stefano Bollani, recorded his second concerto, The Continents, with a 30-piece orchestra (due for release on Deutsche Grammophon in February 2012) and capped the year with a month-long, career-spanning residency at New York’s Blue Note, featuring ten bands, including John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock and Bobby McFerrin.

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