Chick Corea & Bela Fleck

Chick Corea & Bela Fleck - The Enchantment (2007) {Concord}  Music

Posted by tiburon at April 20, 2021
Chick Corea & Bela Fleck - The Enchantment (2007) {Concord}

Chick Corea & Bela Fleck - The Enchantment (2007) {Concord}
EAC 0.95b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 251MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 124MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Fusion, Blue Grass

Start with a pair of virtuoso musicians, two guys who have twenty Grammys between them but have worked together only sporadically. Add in the freedom to explore and create, and then turn them loose. That's the recipe for this exciting new Concord album, The Enchantment, featuring legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea and Bйla Fleck, the banjo wizard known for pushing the boundaries of an instrument that's normally part of folk or country music. The only problem I'm going to encounter in reviewing this album is in trying to restrain my galloping enthusiasm - it's that good. I would not have guessed that a collection of songs this enjoyable could have been created with only piano and banjo, but these guys are so talented and innovative that it works.
Chick Corea and Bela Fleck - Two (2015) [Official Digital Download 24 bit/96kHz]

Chick Corea & Béla Fleck - Two (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 114:50 minutes | 2,09 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

This live album from pianist Chick Corea and banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck compiles material chosen from more than 55 shows, spanning seven years and packed with musical brilliance. Corea and Fleck pored over recordings from every single show and every take to unearth the best-of-the-best, "super-magic" renditions contained here. The track list includes songs from the duo's 2007 Grammy-nominated and Latin Grammy-winning albumThe Enchantment reworked with boundary-stretching improvisation, other Corea and Fleck classics, as well as choice new music added to the repertoire along the way. On "Two", the mutual respect and appreciation of each other’s music come to the fore.
Chick Corea And Béla Fleck - The Enchantment (2007) {Japanese Edition}

Chick Corea And Béla Fleck - The Enchantment (2007) {Japanese Edition}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 269 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 164 Mb
Scans Included | 00:57:10 | RAR 5% Recovery
Fusion, Post-Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Piano Jazz | Concord Records #UCCO-1004

Aside from being legendary multiple Grammy-winning jazzmen on very different instruments, Chick Corea (piano) and Béla Fleck (the world's premier jazz banjo master) have a shared love for collaboration and the infinite improvisational possibilities their chosen idiom offers them. In some ways, the two have been preparing for this masterful, musical dialogue-driven masterpiece for over ten years. Fleck, who has always credited Corea as being one of his chief influences, invited the pianist to play on the Flecktones' Tales from the Acoustic Planet, as well as the group's live CD Live Art. Some years later, in 2001, Corea found a spot for Fleck on his Rendezvous in New York DVD.
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck - Two (2015/2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Chick Corea & Béla Fleck - Two (2015/2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 01:54:40 minutes | 1,9 GB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Chick Corea & Bela Fleck, two master songwriters, musicians, and band leaders, meet once again in an historic duet of piano and banjo.
Chick Corea - Rendezvous In New York (2005) {NTSC} [10 DVDs Box]

Chick Corea - Rendezvous In New York (2005) {NTSC} [10 DVDs]
10 DVDs | DVD Decrypter | NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | ISO+MDS+MD5 | MPEG-2 | LPCM 48kHz, Dolby Digital 4ch. AC3, DTS 5ch
Full Scans 300dpi | 35.5GB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Fusion, Latin Jazz

This may not be the ultimate Chick Corea collection, but fans aren't likely to find a better one on video anytime soon. A near-complete portrait of the legendary pianist's non-fusion career is captured on the 10-DVD Rendezvous In New York boxed set, featuring performances from his three-week run of reunion concerts at the New York's Blue Note in 2003 to celebrate his 60th birthday. Those craving more after hearing the Grammy-nominated double-CD released that year under the same name will find the extended material equally satisfying. It also stands commendably on its own as a showcase for some of the most talented musicians from the past 25 years including Bobby McFerrin, Roy Haynes, Gary Burton, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Michael Brecker, Steve Gadd and John Patitucci.
Chick Corea And Origin - Live At The Blue Note (1998) {2017, Reissue}

Chick Corea And Origin - Live At The Blue Note (1998) {2017, Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 383 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 158 Mb
Scans (PNG, 400 dpi) ~ 34 Mb | RAR 5% Recovery
Fusion, Post-Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Piano Jazz | MVDaudio #MVD9956A

Recording live at New York's Blue Note club, Chick Corea unveiled another new group, the challenging Origin acoustic sextet, on this CD, winnowing down some 12 sets into an hour-plus package. With Steve Davis (trombone) and Bob Sheppard and Steve Wilson (flutes and reeds) up front, Corea had a flexible horn choir to write for, and he uses mellow, urbane voicings that recall some of the Herbie Hancock Sextet's early work in the late '60s. The interplay that Avishai Cohen (bass), Adam Cruz (drums), and Corea have with the horns, though, is anything but mellow, and frequently they strike combative sparks against each other. Some of the selections, including "Double Image" (no relation to Joe Zawinul's electric jazz classic) and "Dreamless," have Latin-ish grooves – which are no strangers to Corea's Spanish heart – in spots.

Bela Fleck - Daybreak (1987) {Rounder}  Music

Posted by tiburon at Feb. 19, 2021
Bela Fleck - Daybreak (1987) {Rounder}

Bela Fleck - Daybreak (1987) {Rounder}
EAC 0.99pb3 | FLAC tracks level 5 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 381MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 168MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Bluegrass, Fusion

Released the same year as PLACES, 1987's DAYBREAK has less of the eclecticism of the former outing, but still captures banjo player Bela Fleck merging his bluegrass roots with forays into other genres (fusions he would perfect with his '90s outfit the Flecktones). The lead-off track, "Texas Barbeque," shows Fleck can still pick his way masterfully through the bluegrass idiom, but the following cut, a version of Chick Corea's romantic, pulsing composition "Spain" (with banjo and mandolin taking the lead lines), proves Fleck is no straight-laced traditionalist. Likewise, the Celtic-flavored "Growling Old Man and the Grumbling Old Woman," the Fats Waller rag "How Can You Face Me Now," and the sweeping ballad "The Natural Bridge Suite" have Fleck moving all over the musical map with grace and ease.

Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabaté - The Ripple Effect (2020)  Music

Posted by Domestos at April 12, 2020
Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabaté - The Ripple Effect (2020)

Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabaté - The Ripple Effect (2020)
MP3 CBR 320kbps ~ 140.88 Mb | 01:01:09 | Covers
World Fusion, African Folk | Label: Craft Recordings

The Ripple Effect is the coup de grace of Bela Fleck's ten year-plus excursion into the African roots of his chosen instrument of the banjo, originally titled Throw Down Your Heart (Rounder, 2009). Part of a larger set comprised of both video and audio on DVD/CD, The Complete Africa Sessions (Craft Recordings, 2020), these ten concert culls are also available as a double set of vinyl that capture the natural, fluent chemistry between this banjoist extraordinaire and West African kora master Toumani Diabate.
Stefano Bollani, Hamilton de Holanda - O Que Sera (2013) [Official Digital Download]

Stefano Bollani, Hamilton de Holanda - O Que Será (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time - 54:04 minutes | 576 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Italy’s creative piano virtuoso Stefano Bollani meets Hamilton de Holanda, Brazil’s peerless master of the bandolim, the 10-string mandolin. "O que será" is a summery celebration of the joy of music-making, radiating an irresistible enthusiasm, and raising the bar for trans-idiomatic instrumental interaction. Bollani, acknowledged as one of the most prodigiously-gifted soloists of jazz, is matched every step of the way here by de Holanda, and the exchanges between the musicians are frequently breathtaking. Repertoire draws upon the rich heritage of South American music – including Jobim, Piazzolla, Chico Buarque, Baden Powell, Ernesto Nazareth and more, plus original compositions by the protagonists. O que será was recorded live in Antwerp in last August before an audibly-delighted audience at the Jazz Middelheim Festival.

Incendio - Summoning the Muse (2019)  Music

Posted by varrock at June 4, 2019
Incendio - Summoning the Muse (2019)

Incendio - Summoning the Muse (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 382 MB | Tracks: 12 | 52:56 min
Style: Jazz, Fusion, Flamenco | Label: Incendio Music

Incendio has once again summoned the muse and created a new album of incendiary, passionate, breath-taking, original music. Appropriately-titled Summoning the Muse, the recording features all the beloved attributes of this Latin-based world-fusion band — exemplary guitar playing, catchy melodies, dynamic arrangements and fiery performances.