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Chick Corea - Five Trios (2007) {6CD Box Set, Stretch Records - Japanese-only Edition, UCCJ-9089~94}
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© 2007 Universal Japan/ Chick Corea Prod. / Stretch Records | UCCJ-9089~94
Jazz / Post Bop / Piano

Japanese-only six CD box set from the Jazz legend featuring five discs containing recordings from his famous trios (one trio per disc) plus a bonus CD. 'Dr. Joe' features bassist John Patitucci and drummer Antonio Sanchez (Pat Metheny). 'From Miles' (tribute to Miles Davis), recorded live in New York, 2006 and featuring Corea, bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette. 'Chillin' In Chelan' (tribute to Thelonious Monk) recorded live in Washington D.C. in 2005 features bassist Christian McBride and drummer, Jeff Ballard. 'The Boston Three Party', tribute to Bill Evans recorded at Boston's Berklee Performance Center on 4/28/06 and features Eddie Gomez (bass) and Airto Moreira(drums). All new studio recordings 'Brooklyn, Paris to Clearwater' featuring Chick Corea (keyboards), spectacular French bassist Hadrien Feraud (John McLaughlin) and drummer Richie Barshay. A five track bonus cd featuring 2 tracks from Corea/Gomez/ Moreira, 2 tracks from Corea/McBride/ Ballard and 1 track from Corea/Patitucci/Sanchez.

Two of vibraphonist Gary Burton's albums from 1969-1970 are reissued in full on this single CD. Burton teams up with pianist Keith Jarrett for five numbers (including four of Jarrett's originals) in 1970, using a quintet that also features guitarist Sam Brown, bassist Steve Swallow, and drummer Bill Goodwin. The other session has more of an avant-country flavor, with Burton, Swallow, and Goodwin joined by guitarist Jerry Hahn and violinist Richard Greene; Michael Gibbs and Swallow contributed most of the obscurities. Burton was at his most explorative during this period, which is why he can be considered one of the pioneers of fusion (although his music never really fit into a tight category). This is excellent music that mostly still sounds fresh.

Miles Davis - Complete Live at the Blue Coronet 1969 (2010) {2CD Set Domino Records 891207}
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© 1969, 2010 Domino Records | 891207
Jazz / Post Bop / Fusion / Trumpet

2010 two CD set containing all surviving music from a never before heard performance by the 1969 Miles Davis Quintet, with Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. It was taped at the Blue Coronet Club in New York in June of that year, before the group embarked on a European tour. Miles remembered this group in his autobiography as really a bad motherfucker. These recordings are welcome considering that this exact formation of the quintet never made a studio recording.

Pianist-composer Vijay Iyer follows his 2021 ECM disc Uneasy — the first to showcase his trio featuring bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey — with Compassion, another album in league with these two gifted partners. The New York Times captured the special qualities of this group, pointing to the trio’s flair for playing “with a lithe range of motion and resplendent clarity… while stoking a kind of writhing internal tension. Crucial to that balance is their ability to connect with each other almost telepathically.”

Pianist-composer Vijay Iyer follows his 2021 ECM disc Uneasy — the first to showcase his trio featuring bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey — with Compassion, another album in league with these two gifted partners. The New York Times captured the special qualities of this group, pointing to the trio’s flair for playing “with a lithe range of motion and resplendent clarity… while stoking a kind of writhing internal tension. Crucial to that balance is their ability to connect with each other almost telepathically.”

In February the superb and in-demand jazz bass player Larry Grenadier released The Gleaners, a recording for solo acoustic bass on the renowned ECM label. It was riveting playing, getting into a variety of styles and methods. And perhaps something is in the air, as Soul of the Bass is a release by an equally important and enthralling bassist, playing (mostly) solo and showing listeners how an instrument usually in the role of accompaniment can take the lead, alone.