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Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by wheels »

I posted this on Facebook right after I read the news (a few hours before the HN story):

RIP Chick Corea. When I was 18, graduating as a wanna-be-wanky musician from rock and blues, I kind of knew jazz was a thing I was supposed to grow into. I bought a crappy $5 jazz sampler CD. (This was 1998, so that's how you discovered things.) The only thing I can remember blowing my mind was a solo piano piece from Chick Corea. I'd never heard harmony like that. Sadly, I don't remember piece it was. But Chick Corea was the bridge for me between my musical childhood and adulthood. The next album I bought, was "Where Have I Known You Before" from his fusion band, "Return to Forever". I still remember the names of everyone in the band: Chick Corea (piano and synth), Stanley Clark (bass), Al Di Meola (guitar), Lenny White (drums). Literally every member of the band was at a level of technical virtuosity I'd never heard, but more importantly, it was my introduction to jazz harmony. Here's the first song from that album in full 70s fusion cheesiness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RycYchunTKc

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by aczerepinski »

athms wrote: post #33
SkyMarshal wrote: post #10

Fyi, ScriptSafe is showing that one of the blocked domains on this site is scientology.tv. Apparently Chick was a Scientologist. https://www.scientology.tv/series/staywell-concert/artists/c...

Yes he was, but if you like jazz, his music is amazing and he did many collaborations. Mark Isham is another jazz musician (and film composer) I like and he is also a Scientologist.

I met Mark as an undergrad when I was trying to get a career in music started. I asked him if he had any advice about getting my foot in the door of tv or film scoring, and his advice was... Scientology.

Joke's on me. I never tried Scientology and consequently never made it as a film composer.

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by arxpoetica »

This is a great sadness to me. I'm a jazz pianist (not a hobby, but not a profession), and so much of the feel/sound that I learned, I learned from him. He was—without exception—the GOAT. I was just listening yesterday to some improvisation courses he taught on YouTube in 2016. I'm so glad he left us so much. But his voice will be missed.

There's no one like him.

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by _null_ »

Chick has been my favorite since I began playing jazz in High School 20 years ago. Endlessly creative and a masterful player up until his last day. Since the pandemic started I've been watching him stream on IG and YT. He never lost a note and was always exploring new composers, techniques, and ways to expand his musical world. An absolute wonder and inspiration.

I never imagined that this story would be on the front page of HN. It's like seeing two of my worlds collide out of nowhere.

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by TurboHaskal »

TurboHaskal wrote: post #47
brtkdotse wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He was, and quite a prominent one as well. While it low-key bugs me, I decided I won’t let it destroy the beauty of his art for me. In general, it’s better not to dig into the personal lives of people you look up to, because chances are we’re attributing all sorts of virtues to them based on their work, while they’re - just like all of us - humans with flaws and dark nooks. John Lennon, for example, beat his first wi…

It doesn't surprise me much. I knew nothing about the guy, but watched the one hour video that is hosted in his website, and it seems as if he couldn't really explain what music is, nor how he produced it, in an intelligible way. As talented as he was, my early impression is that he didn't possess a very rational mind.

Down-voters may want to explain what is rational about "conveying feelings" and "bringing out the personality of the instrument player".

Not that you can. A rational person just doesn't join scientology to begin with.

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by MockObject »

busfahrer wrote: post #96
defen wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a really powerful story, but also > kummerspeck (German for grief bacon) Raises more questions than it answers

As a German it's amusing to me that a translation was given for Kummerspeck, but not for Wanderlust.

As an American it's amusing to me that Wanderlust means the same in German, since both words are English as well.

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by daviddaviddavid »

vehemenz wrote: post #85

He plays on one of my favorite albums, Like Minds. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ms-PRDnEUGK1o3ncDc... Check out the 2:55 mark of Like Minds (the song) for a nice piano solo.

I could be wrong but this album (which I've had on CD for years) might be the only studio recording that has both Chick and Metheny. My favorite part is Chick's solo on the Gershwin tune "Soon". Some of his phrases are just loaded with a feeling of nostalgia that just hits me every time.

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by rongdongdong »

josh2600 wrote: post #8

Chick Corea was a god. I learned Spain on the bass in the hopes that one day I could play my meager rendition for him. In a concert at SFJazz he picked people out of the audience to paint their portraits with his piano. How lucky was I to be placed upon such a seat where Chick dismembered me with his eyes, eviscerating my soul upon a platter. He stared at me with the eyes of a musician who had searched heaven and hel…

vore?

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by btkramer9 »

defen wrote: post #34
josh2600 wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chick asked me to sit in a chair a couple feet away from his piano. He stared at me with the a look that seemed to say "whatever you've got, I'll work with it." If I had to imagine how I looked back at him in that moment it would've been the simulacrum of wanderlust and kummerspeck (German for grief bacon). It felt like I was being channeled by a ghost and the chords matched my facade like icing on a cake. Chick play…

That's a really powerful story, but also > kummerspeck (German for grief bacon) Raises more questions than it answers

Not sure why English speakers are in love with German compound words but add me to the list because this phrase is wonderful
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