Chick Corea Memorium Poll #2: Earlier Works

A very interesting time for Chick (as most times were). He had already clocked in time with Miles, and was exploring new horizons in Jazz. You can hear the raw experimentalism these cats were going for. They were reaching towards sounds just being discovered at this time in music history. These efforts often drifted into the realm of Free Jazz, particularly with the Quartet Circle, and the follow-up recordings The Song of Singing and A.R.C., which consisted of three-quarters of the same line-up as the aforementioned group (minus reed man Anthony Braxton).

One of Circle's albums. 

^That one seems to be very highly regarded among jazzers. It was definitely a high-profile release at the time. I don't think many other artists had produced much like it in 1968.

Easy Money wrote: Those are all good albums. I prefer Chick's pre-scientology piano playing. He said he changed his playing style after he got with scientology, I can easily hear the difference.

verslibre wrote: Easy Money wrote: Those are all good albums. I prefer Chick's pre-scientology piano playing. He said he changed his playing style after he got with scientology, I can easily hear the difference. Interesting! Do you have a link to any interview (preferably video) or article where he elaborates?

No I don't. It was a magazine article I read long ago, possibly Keyboard Player magazine.
As I remember, he wanted his playing to have broader appeal, so he toned things down a bit. I really prefer his younger style, and I can definitely hear a big difference. His earlier playing had a lot of Afro-Cuban stuff to it, such as Eddie Palmieri. He was also more dissonant and aggressive.

Easy Money wrote: verslibre wrote: Easy Money wrote: Those are all good albums. I prefer Chick's pre-scientology piano playing. He said he changed his playing style after he got with scientology, I can easily hear the difference. Interesting! Do you have a link to any interview (preferably video) or article where he elaborates?  No I don't. It was a magazine article I read long ago, possibly Keyboard Player magazine. As I remember, he wanted his playing to have broader appeal, so he toned things down a bit. I really prefer his younger style, and I can definitely hear a big difference. His earlier playing had a lot of Afro-Cuban stuff to it, such as Eddie Palmieri. He was also more dissonant and aggressive.

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