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Dumblydorr wrote: post #115
yesenadam wrote: post #98

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Jazz pianist here. Among the greatest jazz pianist albums: Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage , Empyrean Isles , Herbie Hancock Trio (1981) McCoy Tyner - Supertrios , The Real McCoy Keith Jarrett - Facing You , Survivors Suite , Fort Yawuh , Expectations A lot of my favourite piano/keyboard playing is on Miles Davis albums: Red Garland on Steamin' . Relaxin' , Workin' , Cookin' , Round About Midnight , Milestones Herbie…

Bill Evans and Hiromi are, for me, in the top 3 with Chick. Hiromi is a monster of technique whereas Bill is a pioneer of the Chopin Debussy style, when most jazz pianists then didn't have roots in the classical world.

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Post by illsorted »

tmalsburg2 wrote: post #87

What a coincidence! I bought some of Corea's records 20 years ago but hadn't listened to them in a long time. But on the day of his death my 2-yo son pulled out one of them, and we listened to it. A recording of a concert he gave in 1978 together with Herbie Hancock [1]. They are playing like gods, absolutely breathtaking. Good starting point if you haven't made contact with Corea's work yet. [1] https://www.discogs.…

I couldn't find that one on Spotify, but here's a recording with Chick and Herbie Hancock from 1979: https://open.spotify.com/album/74dcvlPv6JbYQd7O2LScsW?si=KJv...

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Post by abakker »

pdpi wrote: post #86
mindfulplay wrote: post #16

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I had previously no idea who he was. Having listened to his music, I now understand how good he is/was and this was a gentle introduction to this genre. Are there good jazz piano/jazz albums to listen to that people might recommend? (By him or others)

A personal favourite of mine is Play (Chick Corea and Bobby McFerrin). A short list of albums I'd suggest as an introduction to Jazz, piano-based or otherwise: * Time Out (Dave Brubeck) * Spectrum (Hiromi) * Mopocalypse (Mopo) * Why? (Ginger Baker) * Your Queen is a Reptile (Sons of Kemet) Time Out is a classic, but most of these are from the 2010s.

If you are into something more modern, and not piano based, this is my favorite Jazz album of 2020 - https://youtu.be/7GYsSqsa3dQ

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Post by frogpelt »

sgt wrote: post #120
linguae wrote: post #24

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Disclaimer: My favorite subgenres of jazz are fusion and post-bop. A wonderful, accessible jazz album that I highly recommend for newcomers is saxophonist Michael Brecker's 1987 self-titled album, which was his first album as a band leader (though by this point he had already been a highly prolific session player). There is some great piano playing on this album. I consider Michael Brecker one of the greatest saxopho…

You mean there's jazz outside of Kenny G?

Pat Metheny is going to kill you in your sleep.

EDIT: Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-mjt1ypiF8

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Post by alien_ »

baxtr wrote: post #79
usr1106 wrote: post #69

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I would not call it a common word. But every native speaker who reads more than Facebook status updates should have met it. Being an obvious compound of 2 words really everybody knows it does not require any real learning effort, the first time you see it you understand it intuitively.

A discussion about the passing of a great Jazz musician turns into a discussion about a German word about fat. #onlyonHN

The other week I similarly saw a conversation about calendar optimization to not look like Swiss cheese turn towards discussing the process of making Greek yogurt.

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Post by pinko »

tmalsburg2 wrote: post #87

What a coincidence! I bought some of Corea's records 20 years ago but hadn't listened to them in a long time. But on the day of his death my 2-yo son pulled out one of them, and we listened to it. A recording of a concert he gave in 1978 together with Herbie Hancock [1]. They are playing like gods, absolutely breathtaking. Good starting point if you haven't made contact with Corea's work yet. [1] https://www.discogs.…

Listening to it now, thank you.

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Post by encom »

wokwokwok wrote: post #44

What on earth is going on with this website? I can’t even read it; every time I zoom in it resized itself to make the text smaller. Can someone paste the full text or link to a plain text version of the announcement?

The internet is now terrible.

Readable version: https://archive.ph/xfPZT

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by [deleted] »

Dumblydorr wrote: post #115
yesenadam wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Jazz pianist here. Among the greatest jazz pianist albums: Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage , Empyrean Isles , Herbie Hancock Trio (1981) McCoy Tyner - Supertrios , The Real McCoy Keith Jarrett - Facing You , Survivors Suite , Fort Yawuh , Expectations A lot of my favourite piano/keyboard playing is on Miles Davis albums: Red Garland on Steamin' . Relaxin' , Workin' , Cookin' , Round About Midnight , Milestones Herbie…

Bill Evans and Hiromi are, for me, in the top 3 with Chick. Hiromi is a monster of technique whereas Bill is a pioneer of the Chopin Debussy style, when most jazz pianists then didn't have roots in the classical world.

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Post by jvandonsel »

Jeaye wrote: post #4

Chick Corea had an awesome collaboration with Bela Fleck, producing such a fun mishmash of blue grass and jazz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7BMtIG_3fg&list=OLAK5uy_mU6... Combined with his stuff with Bobby McFerrin, he's definitely someone that anyone curious about jazz should check out.

+1 on the two Bela Fleck collaborations. They're amazing.

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Post by bromley »

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…

For anyone else who, like me, is curious about these musical portraits, here's a video I found: https://youtu.be/iVsWELIJ96o
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