Plays

His studied informality, humour and ease with his audience makes for a totally absorbing listening experience that is part recital, part master class and part informal get together in his front... — Jazzwise, October 2020, More…

Release Date: 18th Sep 2020
Catalogue No: CJA00284
Label: Concord Records
Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

11th September 2020

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Chick Talks Mozart and Gershwin

2:12

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-08-17
Recording Venue: The Capitol Theatre, Clearwater, Florida

Mozart: Mozart: Piano Sonata in F, KV332 (2nd Part - Adagio)

4:18

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-08-17
Recording Venue: The Capitol Theatre, Clearwater, Florida

Gershwin: Someone to Watch over Me

7:39

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-08-17
Recording Venue: The Capitol Theatre, Clearwater, Florida

Corea: Improvisation on Scarlatti

2:18

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Scarlatti, D: Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor K9, L413 Allegro

2:07

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern: Yesterdays

5:39

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Chick Talks Bill Evans and Antonio Jobim

0:41

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-28
Recording Venue: Apostel‐Paulus‐Kirche, Berlin

Bill Evans, Gene Lees: Waltz For Debby

7:22

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-28
Recording Venue: Apostel‐Paulus‐Kirche, Berlin

Jobim: Desafinado

5:06

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-28
Recording Venue: Apostel‐Paulus‐Kirche, Berlin

Chopin: Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 #4

4:14

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Scriabin: Scriabin: Prelude Op. 11 (Part 1) #4

5:00

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Chick Talks Monk

0:20

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-28
Recording Venue: Apostel‐Paulus‐Kirche, Berlin

Monk, T: Pannonica

4:13

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-28
Recording Venue: Apostel‐Paulus‐Kirche, Berlin

Monk, T: Trinkle, Trinkle

2:33

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-28
Recording Venue: Apostel‐Paulus‐Kirche, Berlin

Monk, T: Blue Monk

4:20

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-28
Recording Venue: Apostel‐Paulus‐Kirche, Berlin

Wonder: Pastime Paradise

5:55

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Chick Corea (keyboards)
Recorded: 2018-08-17
Recording Venue: The Capitol Theatre, Clearwater, Florida

Chick Talks Paco

0:46

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-08-17
Recording Venue: The Capitol Theatre, Clearwater, Florida

Corea: The Yellow Nimbus

9:32

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Chick Talks Portraits

0:58

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Corea: Portrait: Henrietta

2:22

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Corea: Portrait: Chris

2:08

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Chick Talks Duets

0:22

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Corea: Duet: Yaron

3:57

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Yaron Herman (piano), Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Corea: Duet: Charles

3:06

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Charles Heisser (piano), Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Chick Talks Children's Songs

0:42

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Corea: Children's Song No. 1

1:43

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Corea: Children's Song No. 3

1:12

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Corea: Children's Song No. 4

2:36

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Corea: Children's Song No. 9

1:24

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Corea: Children's Song No. 10

3:49

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Corea: Children's Song No. 15

1:33

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Corea: Children's Song No. 17

3:43

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

Corea: Children's Song No. 12

7:57

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Chick Corea (piano)
Recorded: 2018-04-26
Recording Venue: Fondation Louis Vuitton

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Recording of the Week, Chick Corea - Plays

11th September 2020

Chick Corea brings a lifetime of musical influences, and elements of game playing, to these brilliant live recordings, with the audience very much part of the act.

The latest addition to Chick Corea's remarkable discography is 'Plays', a captivating and intimate double album of solo performances. While he claims that, "Solo piano is lonely," Chick finds himself in good company throughout these stellar performances, engaging with several of his favorite composers.

The list of icons represents a wide swath of musical history, from the classical repertoire of Mozart and Chopin to formative jazz influences like Thelonious Monk and Bill Evans, on to the Great American Songbook classics, the bossa nova beauty of Jobim, and the modern pop sensibility of Stevie Wonder.

With countless classics having become standards over the last half century, Corea himself deserves to take his place in that pantheon, and 'Plays' includes a number of pieces - reprised from past albums or spontaneously improvised - from his own estimable songbook. The album also showcases his charming rapport with enthusiastic audiences in concert halls across Europe and the U.S., who become integral collaborators in these spirited renditions.

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October 2020

His studied informality, humour and ease with his audience makes for a totally absorbing listening experience that is part recital, part master class and part informal get together in his front room. He elides Mozart into Gershwin, Scarlatti into Kern, touches base with a couple of his favourite standards, explores Monk, doffs his cap to Stevie Wonder…

Downbeat October 2020

...it’s about being in the moment, and alive with the music. But as the breadth of Plays suggests, Corea is democratizing the music, according show tunes and classical music the same treatment he offers bebop and pop.

Presto Jazz 11th September

This delightful album of solo piano performances by Chick Corea collects together highlights from recent concerts at various venues across the globe. The title Plays has a double meaning, hinting towards the general air of care-free whimsicality that informs much of the solo music he makes in concert, and the tremendous rapport he has with his devoted followers.

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Recording of the Week, Chick Corea - Plays