Chick Corea Trio Live

[HWright]

Did anyone on this board who lives in DC see Chick Corea when he played a series of shows at Blues Alley this weekend? I saw the eight o'clock show on Friday night. I'd never seen Chick in concert before and it was great. a very positive experience. He was with a trio featuring Eddie Gomez on bass and Airto Moreira on percussion and drums. Chick played piano and Fender Rhodes on and off through out the evening as well as a little percussion (no marimba, alas). I didn't get all of the program, but he started out with "Captain Marvel," played two Monk Tunes ("Bolivar Blues" and "Ask Me Now", I think), played several compositions he didn't announce and then ended with Jobim's "Desafinado" (which included a rap/recitation in Portuguese by Airto, as well as lyrics to the song after the intro).

Chick told an anecdote about playing a series of shows at the Apollo with Monk's group and claimed that one night while peaking through the curtain he saw Monk play the same tune three times in a row as his set (I think it was "Rhythming").

Edited May 8, 2006 by HWright

[HWright]

Based on a review from the Washington Post ("Chick Corea Trio, Spanning The Decades

Friday," May 5, 2006; Page C02), it seems that one of the tunes I didn't recognize was most likely "500 Miles High."

Link to the article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...6050401881.html

This should inspire me to pull out my copy of "Light as a Feather" by Chick and Return to Forever Version 1 and listen to it a bit more closely (I listened to the ECM Return to Forever Version 1 CD more in the past, I think).

Edited May 9, 2006 by HWright