Chick Corea
Spain
1971
Corea (Rhodes electric piano), Airto Moreira (drums), Flora Purim (vocals and percussion), Stanley Clarke (bass), and Joe Farrell (flute) Jazz is a music style with its origin stemming from the black communities living in the US in the twentieth century. Jazz has musical styles from European music, as well as the brass and stringed instruments. It is a mixture of US and Europe music culture. Like its origin, Jazz-Rock fusion is the epitome of the characteristic of Jazz that always combines with other kinds of music and finds its own way to refresh the original style.
There were different types of jazz through time: New Orleans-style jazz, swing jazz, and in the 1940s bebop became a major type of jazz. After that, …show more content…
The New York Times described Corea as “a luminary, ebullient and eternally youthful.” He is one of the most versatile contemporary jazz pianists and composers in the America’s classical music. The first LP under Corea's own name, “Tones for Joan's Bones”, recorded in 1966, has a combination of Latin, Bop, and Free Styles. More Bebop oriented tunes are recorded on his 1968 classic, “Now He Sings, Now He Sobs”. Further, when Miles Davis embracing rock with jazz, he introduces a new direction for the development of jazz and Corea became a member of Miles Davis' band. He participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In 1971, Corea founded his own group, “Return to Forever,” one of the most influential groups of the Jazz Rock Fusion era. In the beginning, the group emphasizes the fusion of jazz traditions with Latin-American music such as his famous piece “Spain” and “Sometime Ago.” In 1974, the group has a more electronic jazz style, with mixtures of jazz concepts, rock and Latin-American rhythms, and classical …show more content…
Spain was composed in 1971 and appeared on the album Light as a Feather, with performances by Corea (Rhodes electric piano), Airto Moreira (drums), Flora Purim (vocals and percussion), Stanley Clarke (bass), and Joe Farrell (flute). Spain is an instrumental jazz fusion composition, which considered as a modern jazz standard. The piece has an elegant and slow speed of introduction. In 1:15, the piece switches to a fast, steady samba-like rhythm, in which the main theme and an improvisation part are repeated. Even though with fast speed and mixture of four kinds of instruments, the melody is still smooth and comfortable. Soloist and pianist interact creatively with each other, while never allowing this interaction to interfere with the relaxed but steady feeling of the pulse. It has an energetic and festive mood. We can notice that Corea’s solo is clean and precise even at a fast speed, with his great skill of playing piano, his articulation is always clear. Besides, Corea frequently use baroque-like embellishments in this piece, filling out melodic intervals chromatically. We can also see Corea’s preference for Latin-American rhythms from his combination of Latin-American rhythms with jazz harmonies in his piano. Moreover, Corea also created interesting melodic lines that display syncopated rhythms based on Latin-American styles. Chick’s improvisation expressed skillfully in this
Spain
1971
Corea (Rhodes electric piano), Airto Moreira (drums), Flora Purim (vocals and percussion), Stanley Clarke (bass), and Joe Farrell (flute) Jazz is a music style with its origin stemming from the black communities living in the US in the twentieth century. Jazz has musical styles from European music, as well as the brass and stringed instruments. It is a mixture of US and Europe music culture. Like its origin, Jazz-Rock fusion is the epitome of the characteristic of Jazz that always combines with other kinds of music and finds its own way to refresh the original style.
There were different types of jazz through time: New Orleans-style jazz, swing jazz, and in the 1940s bebop became a major type of jazz. After that, …show more content…
The New York Times described Corea as “a luminary, ebullient and eternally youthful.” He is one of the most versatile contemporary jazz pianists and composers in the America’s classical music. The first LP under Corea's own name, “Tones for Joan's Bones”, recorded in 1966, has a combination of Latin, Bop, and Free Styles. More Bebop oriented tunes are recorded on his 1968 classic, “Now He Sings, Now He Sobs”. Further, when Miles Davis embracing rock with jazz, he introduces a new direction for the development of jazz and Corea became a member of Miles Davis' band. He participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In 1971, Corea founded his own group, “Return to Forever,” one of the most influential groups of the Jazz Rock Fusion era. In the beginning, the group emphasizes the fusion of jazz traditions with Latin-American music such as his famous piece “Spain” and “Sometime Ago.” In 1974, the group has a more electronic jazz style, with mixtures of jazz concepts, rock and Latin-American rhythms, and classical …show more content…
Spain was composed in 1971 and appeared on the album Light as a Feather, with performances by Corea (Rhodes electric piano), Airto Moreira (drums), Flora Purim (vocals and percussion), Stanley Clarke (bass), and Joe Farrell (flute). Spain is an instrumental jazz fusion composition, which considered as a modern jazz standard. The piece has an elegant and slow speed of introduction. In 1:15, the piece switches to a fast, steady samba-like rhythm, in which the main theme and an improvisation part are repeated. Even though with fast speed and mixture of four kinds of instruments, the melody is still smooth and comfortable. Soloist and pianist interact creatively with each other, while never allowing this interaction to interfere with the relaxed but steady feeling of the pulse. It has an energetic and festive mood. We can notice that Corea’s solo is clean and precise even at a fast speed, with his great skill of playing piano, his articulation is always clear. Besides, Corea frequently use baroque-like embellishments in this piece, filling out melodic intervals chromatically. We can also see Corea’s preference for Latin-American rhythms from his combination of Latin-American rhythms with jazz harmonies in his piano. Moreover, Corea also created interesting melodic lines that display syncopated rhythms based on Latin-American styles. Chick’s improvisation expressed skillfully in this