Chick Corea - Notes From the Road

It was awesome seeing you guys playing here in Austin. I’m a Brazilian living in Texas, and I aways wanted to see you playing… It was amazing. We were talking to some guys during the show, and we were wondering about one thing:
What do you listen when you are not working? Any non-jazz style? Or… [...]

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Although I know that I already have had the great fortune of having one of my questions answered by you, Mr. Corea, I would like to submit another one since it sadly enough doesn’t seem like you get as many questions as I expected when you first offered your cheap advice.
So here it goes: When [...]

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Q: Hi Chick,
I just heard The New Crystal Silence, and it’s just incredible, the work that you’ve done on that record.
My question is: What do you think are the options to learning orchestration?
Studying in institutes seems to be the standard option, but is there any alternative?
Thanks a lot!!
The 2 alternatives that pop to mind are:
1) [...]

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Rome, Italy
Glad to get all your communications recently. Well, this is the last night of some rest before we play the last string of 5 concerts in a row - one a day. So you may not hear from me until after that jaunt. But, as always, it’s a real joy to be in Italy. [...]

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jimknopf // Nov 8, 2008 at 3:29 pmÂ
I would appreciate to play Senor CS with my band. You played the 12/8 rhythm (or do you call it 6/4?) a bit faster in Leverkusen than John did on Industrial Zen, and I totally fell in love with the way this rhythm carried the melodic flow [...]

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I thought tonight was one of the best shows we’ve done. The band played “Silent Way” and the jam that follows for the encore - - there’s such a great atmosphere when we play that piece - - it’s a heartfelt tip of the hat to our mentor Miles.
To follow up on what I mentioned [...]

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Some twists and turns tonight - - everything revolves around the gig and the music - - every night’s a new challenge - - the days are slow - - the nightly set goes by so fast it’s over before it starts - - John tore up Señor C.S. tonight - -
After the bus ride, [...]

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SO who shows up backstage before our Antwerp gig but Herbie! His whole band was there too - they’ll be performing at the same hall tomorrow night. I hadn’t seen James Genus or Terrance Blanchard for a little while - great to see them. But how great it was to see Herbie - my piano [...]

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What a pleasure to be making music with John after all these years. We really share a lot of varied tastes in music and musical directions. It’s almost “illegal” what this band of geniuses gets into nightly - - way over the top!! I’m thrilled with the way “Hymn To Andromeda” is developing night after [...]

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We met some Romanian musicians who offered to play for us after the
gig last night - - but with a 7 a.m. rise to make the plane for
Vienna and then the show in Vienna, I unfortunately had to pass. I
asked them to give me a CD of theirs so I could listen to their wild
rhythms [...]

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