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The Grammy-nominated musician who died of pneumonia on Jan. 27 shared his knowledge in the influential works The Jazz Piano Book and The Jazz Theory Book.

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Vinyl Vault—Chick Corea, Again and Again Share This Week the Vinyl Vault continues its remembrance of Chick Corea by featuring his 1983 album “Again and Again; The Joburg Sessions” on the Elektra Musician label. Corea passed away on February 9, at age 79. “Again and Again” was recorded in Johannesburg, South Africa while the band was on tour there in 1982. The band sandwiched this session into an afternoon before an evening concert. It’s essentially a “live” recording ...

Remembering Chick Corea: From Spain to Sorceress, 12 essential performances from the virtuoso Corea helped enrich the lexicon of jazz, merging its harmonic language with the heaviness (and amplification) of rock and funk. Chick Corea in1976. Polydor Records/Wikimedia Commons Chick Corea, the pioneering keyboardist and bandleader who died last Tuesday at 79, will be forever regarded as a crucial architect of jazz-rock fusion. It’s...

‘Reaching for inspiration back into the music’s deepest origins’ ... Milford Graves. Photograph: PR Image Sun 14 Feb 2021 07.32 EST Last modified on Tue 16 Feb 2021 07.53 EST Of all the freedoms opened up by the free-jazz revolution of the 1960s, none was more radical or, to many, disturbing than the freeing of rhythm from fixed points of bar lines and regular time signatures. The American drummer Milford Graves, who has died aged 79, was in the forefront of that move to create momentum t...

Nominated by DJ Cheshire Cat of Wonderland. DJ Cheshire Cat says: The first time I spun this vinyl, I ended up with my arms around the speakers trying to get as close as possible to the amazing, electric sound that was overloading my brain. Inspired by Roger Water’s feeling of alienation from his audience and his childhood losses, the album is dominated by his strangled pain and anger. Well composed with leitmotifs signifying recurring emotional strains, the music is brilliantly performed...