Chick Corea has died • Hacker News Board

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by Slump » Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 3:45 PM UTC

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.

Was going to post the same. I can't go a week without listening to Bill, Chick or Hiromi at some point. There is a YouTube video of dualing pianos with Chick and Hiromi, it's one of my most watched. They are both just out of this world.

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by peatmoss » Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 3:50 PM UTC

I had no idea this would be such big news on HN. Chick is one of those musicians who plugged straight into my brain. Saw him live with Origin and remember being awestruck both at the music that was happening, as well as the fact that Chick wasn’t going to let his best days be in his past.

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by jgwil2 » Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 3:52 PM UTC

busfahrer wrote: post #96

defen wrote: post #34

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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.

Both wander and lust are also English words, albeit with slightly different shades of meaning, so it should be comprehensible to a non-German speaker who has never encountered it before, whereas Kummerspeck would not be.

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by e40 » Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 3:55 PM UTC

linguae wrote: post #12

I am a huge fan of Chick Corea; he is my favorite jazz pianist. I was saddened to hear this news this afternoon. My very first jazz album outside of smooth jazz was “My Spanish Heart,” which was my introduction to jazz fusion. I then discovered Return to Forever and the Elektric Band, and I also learned about Chick Corea’s post-bop work. Chick Corea’s music has been a mainstay in my life for the past 15 years. I love…

In my formative years I was a huge RTF fan. Chick. Stanley. Al. I followed them all as they drifted apart. RIP

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Post by cycomanic » Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 3:57 PM UTC

MockObject wrote: post #107

busfahrer wrote: post #96

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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.

To another German it's amusing that the individual words exist in German and English, but don't quite mean the same things in each language, i.e. are not really translations of each other.

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by paradygm » Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 4:10 PM UTC

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…

My first exposure to Chick was also through Spain, playing bass in high school. My friend and I decided we wanted to start a jazz band and found some charts for Spain, however it was a watered down arrangement with the rhythms...let's just say not as interesting as the original. Imagine my surprise when I finally heard the original recording. That is where I trace the beginning of my love for jazz and 30+ years later, he is still my biggest musical influence. I count my blessings I was able to see him perform many times in many different settings.

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by scrozier » Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 4:11 PM UTC

I discovered Chick's "Children's Songs" about six months ago, ordered the book of music, and have been playing them joyfully since. It's a series of 20-ish little compositions for solo piano, each very short (1-2 minutes). They are amazing gems. You can find Chick playing them on YouTube. I've been wanting to record them to introduce my grandkids to playing the piano. Now they will have even more poignancy for me.

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by PromoMass » Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 4:18 PM UTC

sharadov wrote: post #62

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…

You've written a powerful eulogy and it sounds like music to my ears. Rest in Power Chick!

The problem with you homo assholes is that you 1) won't ever get any pussy, because Chick Corea isn't exactly a pussy magnet topic, and, 2) you're homo-eroticising over a dead fucking jazz- faggot. Which means no pussy and no holes in any case. Chick Korea isn't exactly a sex subject. Better re-evaluate your objectives.

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Post by linguae » Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 4:20 PM UTC

jpcooper wrote: post #63

What's the best free jazz these days and in previous days?

It might be incorrect for me to call this "free jazz," but since the early 2000s saxophonist Wayne Shorter has played with a band featuring bassist John Patitucci (who was in the Chick Corea Elektric Band), drummer Brian Blade, and pianist Danilo Perez. This band plays in an acoustic style, but it's not in the style of Wayne Shorter's 1960s Blue Note work; instead, it's in a very "free" style of jazz. I'd check out "Without a Net" (2013) and "Emanon" (2018). I had the opportunity to see this band live at the San Francisco Jazz Center twice: once in 2015 and another time in 2017.

Re: Chick Corea has died

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Post by jackfoxy » Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 4:20 PM UTC

I am so sad I will never see Chick perform live again, but mostly I'm sad the world has lost such a genuine, kind, decent, man and great artist who brought light to the world.

The first time I saw him live at Yoshi's he performed with a combo of young musicians and you could see by the interactions on stage a deep mentor/mentee bond between them.

Twice at Weyl Hall with Bela Fleck. Aside: you should take the opportunity to enjoy live performance here when life returns to normal. The first time Chick and Bela both expressed wonder at what a great venue this is. Some are calling it the Carnegie Hall of the west coast.

In Santa Barbara with Herbie Hancock everything about that performance of two real artistic geniuses was amazing. (A very overused word today, but in this case appropriate.) Their opening piece started out with avant-garde chaos which gradually morphed into extraordinary beauty. The rest of the show built on that, ending with an audience participation rendition of Spain.

RIP