Description
This is a 2CD live album by pianist / composer Chick Corea and his Acoustic Band trio with bassist John Patitucci and drummer Dave Weckl. Vocalist Gayle Moran, Corea’s wife, is featured on one track. The album presents twelve compositions (one repeated twice), six of which are Corea originals and the other six are standards. Recorded in January of 2018, this was one of the last Corea’s albums recorded before his passing in 2021.
They’re all in terrific form here from the start, passing ideas around and apparently reading each other’s minds. It’s noticeable that, apart from Corea’s introductions, there’s very rarely an actual solo, when only one is playing. Instead, one instrument comes forward while the others put in comments and asides, often setting off a whole new chain of melodic ideas.
There are some wonderful examples of this in the very first track, the tricky Morning Sprite. In fact, some remarkable feat of virtuosity and rapport happens in every one of these 13 pieces.
