説明
Chick Corea Elektric Band - jazz fusion band, led by keyboardist and pianist Chick Corea and founded in 1986 in New York City. The band was nominated twice at the Grammy Awards". The sixth band album, a tribute one named Chick Corea Elektric Band II - Paint the World and released in 1993, received an additional nomination the next year. The group reunited in 2003, and Corea died in 2021.
The band was and its typical line-up, in addition to Corea, who played keyboards and piano, was Eric Marienthal (saxophone), Frank Gambale (guitar), John Patitucci (electric bass), and Dave Weckl (drums). This was the line-up for the first two albums: the eponymous The Chick Corea Elektric Band, released in 1986, and Light Years, released in 1987.
The third album was Eye of the Beholder, released in 1988. The material for the fourth album, Inside Out, released in 1990, was Corea originals. The last album featuring the band's traditional line-up was Beneath the Mask, released in 1991.
For the next album, Elektric Band II: Paint the World released in 1993, only Corea and Marienthal returned from the original line-up. Gary Novak became the new drummer, Jimmy Earl took the bass, and Mike Miller played guitar. The album's style is jazz-oriented.
In 1996, the band recorded a version of "Rumble" from West Side Story for the tribute album The Songs of West Side Story; this saw Weckl and Gambale returning. The original members reunited in 2004 for To the Stars.
The band’s last tour took place in 2018. Corea died of cancer at his home in the Tampa Bay area of Florida on February 9, 2021, at age 79; he had only recently been diagnosed...(Wiki)
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Chick Corea Elektric Band - Light Years (1987).
Tracklist:
1. Light Years (C.Corea/ J.Patitucci/ D.Weckl).
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Personnel:
1. Chick Corea – keyboards
2. Frank Gambale – guitar
3. John Patitucci – bass
4. Dave Weckl – drums.
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Genre: Jazz/Fusion/Jazz-Rock
Recorded: Mad Hatter Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; 1987.
Release: 1987 (Canada).
Label: GRP – GR 1036
Format: Vinyl
Engineer – Bernie Kirsh
Engineer [Assistant] – Ira Rubnitz, Larry Mah
Executive-Producer – Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen
Executive-Producer [Album] – Ron Moss
Mastered By – Doug Sax
Mixed By – Bernie Kirsh, Chick Corea, Dave Weckl, Jay Oliver, John Patitucci
Producer – Chick Corea.