Live In Montreux CD

MUSIC

JAZZ

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Introduction ~ Chick Corea

2. Hairy Canary ~ Chick Corea

3. Folk Song ~ Chick Corea

4. Psalm ~ Chick Corea

5. Quintet #2 ~ Chick Corea

6. Up, Up And... ~ Chick Corea

7. Trinkle, Tinkle ~ Chick Corea

8. So In Love ~ Chick Corea

9. Drum Interlude ~ Chick Corea

10. Slippery When Wet / Intro Of Band ~ Chick Corea

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	/Joe Henderson/Roy Haynes/Gary Peacock.
	Personnel: Chick Corea (piano); Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone); Gary Peacock (bass); Roy Haynes (drums);
	Recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland in 1981. Includes liner notes by Tony Cohan.
	"Without music, life would be a mistake." Nietzche's words grace the liner notes of LIVE IN MONTREUX, a collaboration of post-bop heavies who play as if they exist to prevent such an error. Chick Corea, Joe Henderson, Roy Haynes and Gary Peacock present a program infused with an intense rapport, and enough energy to summon from beyond the spirit of Nietzche himself.
	The playing on this date is outstanding; Corea, in particular, glides over and attacks the keys with his typical, almost machine-like precision. The set opens with "Hairy Canary," a bent blues on which which he comps as if he were supporting a moving car by stepping out and pushing whenever the engine pauses to shift gears. His choices of chords and clusters are filled with tension and grace.
	The strength of LIVE IN MONTREUX is its atmosphere of pure communication which allows the unfettered expression of coherent ideas and emotions. Everyone's tone and style complements everyone else's. "Psalm," an extended groove introduced by Chick's angular ruminations, exemplifies this, as Henderson unfurls flurries of energy while Corea and Haynes punctuate, respond and react. There are several spots where they demonstrate such an uncanny awareness of the voices around them, that it seems like these guys are in each other's minds.
Producer: Chick Corea
Engineer: Al Schmitt

Artist Overview

Chick Corea took the piano in new directions following the monumental achievements of McCoy Tyner and Bill Evans. His pioneering electric piano playing with Miles Davis helped shape the sound of fusion in the late '60s. He then turned to acoustic, free-form improv with the group Circle before forming the seminal fusion band Return to Forever. Throughout his lengthy career, Corea has drawn on bebop, Latin, rock, and classical influences to make his mark as both a soloist and a composer.

Compilation Appearances

	Don't Worry Be Happy
	Jazz:smithsonian Anthology
	Conversations With Christian
	This Christmas

Associated Artists and Works

	Burton, Gary
	Clarke, Stanley
	Farrell, Joe
	Friesen, David
	Hancock, Herbie
	McFerrin, Bobby
	McLaughlin, John (Jazz)
	McPartland, Marian
	Watts, Ernie

Technical Info

	Release Date : 03/01/1997
	Original Release Date : 1981
	Catalog ID : SCD 90092
	Label : Stretch Records
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Live
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00013431900924

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (11/25/94, p.78)
- "...subtler and more challenging than much of what he recorded with others..." - Rating: B

Down Beat (12/94, p.60)
- 4 Stars - Very Good - "...a bright, engaging, and, at moments, powerful program....Exposure to unrelenting ability may persuade us that facility is an enemy--but Joe and Chick each love what the other is doing and so do the deep, quick rhythmists..."

JazzTimes (12/94, p.135)
- "...lives up to its potential....a very solid session showing off some of the finest players anywhere. All have an abstract bent, and each is idiosyncratic in his own way....truly a marvel....the essence of live jazz..."