I was deeply saddened to hear that the great jazz/Latin keyboardist and composer Chick Corea has died, at the age of 79. He was one of the towering musical artists of our time, and I’ve been a huge fan for more than fifty years (I first heard him play on Miles Davis’s groundbreaking album Bitches Brew, way back in 1970).
In the early Seventies Mr. Corea was bandleader of a variety of ensembles called Return to Forever, which had both acoustic and electric incarnations.
Here’s an early RTF classic, Spain:
And here’s the electric band, playing a lively number called Captain Señor Mouse:
Sadly, I never had a chance to work with Chick Corea in the studio. How I wish I had!
He will be sorely missed.
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Great musician. One of my favourite albums as a teenage jazz guitar player was Larry Coryells ” Spaces”. Corea is featured.
David,
Yes, I remember that one.
I’ll also mention that I knew a fine producer and engineer of jazz records who shared your name. He was a lovely man, and we were all terribly shocked by his premature death in 2004.
Big fan as well. SEÑOR MOUSE with Gary Burton is a fantastic acoustic version of this song. RIP.
This man would most likely be familiar to some here as well:
https://www.soundonsound.com/news/rupert-neve-1926-2021