Chick Corea et al.

You found a really old topic - Corea has been discussed more than that. Corea has roughly 3 or 4 full-fledged fusion albums - except Leprechaun, they're neither succesful, neither representative. I wouldn't put him in the Archives.

What's next; John Travolta and Tom Cruise?  This is Prog Archives, not Scientology Archives! ;) Methinks I just got myself in trouble for steeping over a certain religious line.  Apologies.

Anyway, I'm not that familiar with his solo work, but I would have thought there was a  significant case for his inclusion based on his fusion work, but I don't know.  Maybe not.  So I shouldn't be posting at all.

harmonium.ro wrote: 3-4 fusion albums should normally suffice for a good addition. what seems to be the problem, are these 3-4 albums only a part of a huge discography or something like that?

Yes.

Logan wrote: What's next; John Travolta and Tom Cruise?  This is Prog Archives, not Scientology Archives! ;) Methinks I just got myself in trouble for steeping over a certain religious line.  Apologies.

I think you're forgetting Stanley Clarke (if I'm not wrong).

Wow I had no idea Corea was a part of that Scientology stuff. My respect for him is greatly diminished.

I really don't understand what his allegiance to Scientology (or any other church, cult, or whatever, for that matter) has to do with his addition to PA... Either his music is suitable for the site, or it is not... Anything else is totally irrelevant, in my opinion.

This is a digression, but if it disrupts discussion about his worthiness for PA, and somehow delays the process, then I will desist.

I thought his musical works had links to Scientology. According to that wikipedia article I linked to before:

The music was composed by Corea with the exception of the title track of the second album which was written by Stanley Clarke. Lyrics were often written by Corea's friend Neville Potter, and were often related to scientology, though this is not necessarily easy to recognize for outsiders. Clarke was involved in Scientology through Corea, but left the church in the early 1980s.

Anyway, I started talking about that with humorous intent.  It's irrelevant to the addition, of course, but then it's up to the relevant team if they wish to vote for his inclusion based on whether they think the music has sufficient merits for the category.  Such a digression should not affect any outcome, and I don't see how it could.

Incidentally, I was fascinated by Scientology and studied it quite deeply years ago, so it's just a not so relevant interest of mine.


Edited by Logan - June 29 2009 at 15:15

I didn't even realize Clarke wasn't here.

School Days and Journey To Love are excellent and qualifying albums.  Children Of Forever, less so.
Corea's Elektric Band stuff was a bit of a snooze, but The Return To Forever solo album and My Spanish Heart are qualifying albums.


Edited by Slartibartfast - June 29 2009 at 15:35

Also if like solo piano, Children's Songs on ECM is quite good, nearly classical in style.

Edited by Slartibartfast - June 29 2009 at 15:37

No offence taken here, of course, DeathRabbit, and I hope you don't keep your opinions to yourself in any part of the site, and are willing to share them wherever your fancy takes you.  Although this isn't really the place for a discussion about Scientology, it's an interesting topic.  Incidentally, when someone leaves Scientology they are considered an "enemy", so that partially explains why Corea would have difficulty tolerating Clarke's departure. I used to have a better resource, but this'll do http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology)  It's a scary organisation, and though I respect Corea's music, I don't respect his church, or their principles.

Back on topic.  I think that if Corea has several albums that would fit, that should be more than enough.  If the JRF team don't want him, then he should at least be in Prog-Related, and I would endorse him there from what I know.