1986 Elektric M Info
1986 Elektric M Info
1986 Elektric M Info
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Chick Corea - The Chick Corea Elektric Band
Year: 1986
Label: GRP Records
Quality: CBR 320 kbps
Original LP tracks
This is one of the best fusion albums to come out in the past twenty years. My o
nly critism is that the synth's and electric guitar become a little to thick at
times. Those of you who are die hard Chick Corea fans will love it. For people w
ho have never listened to him before, this is a great place to start. Great comp
ostions, and great players. As always Chick's incredible musicianship comes shin
ing through all of the electronics. As for me though I still prefer hearing Chic
k Corea playing in an acoustic setting. ~ Nick S.
This was my first "jazz" album. I had seen the parody of Chick Corea (or Trick C
orea as they called him) in Finnish TV-show and I decided to try this. The sound
s and playing on this album are superb.
Corea is the best fusion composer and his bandmates Weckl and Patitucci are some
times even claimed to be the very best musicians on their instruments. I also lo
ve Carlos Rios' sound and I think that it is pity that Gambale replaced him late
r. Rios adds some elements to his fast jazz-scale playing that sound like clapto
nisque blues licks for me.
Synthsounds of mid 80s are very funny. I have searched other fusion album like t
his but in vain. ~ Arhippa Kaurapuuro
If you want to hear the Elektric band, this is the album you just have to hear f
irst! This album is the essence of everything Corea's trio was and probaly will
be. Besides just completely sounding straight out of the 1980's, the possibly w
orst decade for music; this album, musically is just fantastic. Obviously the a
coustic and straight ahead fans won't like this, and right from the title most o
f them are turned away. I was one of them. But then I got into this little thing
called fusion and found out that over time, that it evolved in such a way to pr
oduce great albums like this. The Chick Corea Elektric Band was one of those co
lorful jazz groups in the 80's to just turn on nice melodic jazz/rock/pop/fusion
music. No matter how the critics and jazz purists try to catogorize this into f
limsy worthless jazz idioms, I must say, as a lover of jazz of any kind (excludi
ng that awful R&B influenced popular radio deamed as 'smooth jazz') I aboslutely
love the music on this disk. All musicians were top notch at the time, and wen
t on to become great successers. Chick is absolutely spoken for as John Pattituc
ci and Dave Weckl prove to be two of jazz's greatest rhythm team players. I ow
n a copy of this band playing a gig around the time this album came out, and the
band was absolutely perfect. King Cockroach will always be my favorite. And Ind
ia Town has one of those distinctive melodies.
Overall, the album is just a nostalgic trip through the 80's, but never-the-less
, it's great jazz! ~ Chris Covais
Chick Corea - The Chick Corea Elektric Band Tracks:
01 Rumble
02 Side Walk
03 Cool Weasel Boogie
04 Got A Match?
05 Elektric City
06 No Zone
07 King Cockroach & India Town