Chick Corea Elektric Band Light Years 2LP
Chick Corea Elektric Band Light Years 2LP
$34.99
Specifications
Condition: New
No. Of Discs: 2
UPC: 708857330317
No. of Tracks: 12
Format: Vinyl
Record Label: Candid
Genre: Jazz
Description
For The Elektric Band's sophomore outing, Chick Corea - the venerated 27-time Grammy® winner and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master - entered the studio with Dave Wekl on drums, John Patitucci on bass, and two new players who would solidify the band's classic lineup, guitarist Frank Gambale and saxophonist Eric Marienthal.
More heavily produced than its predecessor, Light Years contains several sequence-driven tracks, Corea's attempt at reaching out to a wider audience with a brand of music that was tighter, funkier and eminently more communicative than he had recorded on 1986's The Chick Corea Elektric Band.
The crisp, irrepressibly catchy title track is a prime example of Corea's more commercial aspirations for the album, with Patitucci laying down a fat, funky groove with some hearty slap bass lines (a distinct flavor of the time), and Marienthal's pungent alto sax strutting over the top. Not only did this groove-oriented track catch on with listeners, it also won a Grammy® for Best R&B Instrumental Performance at the 31st Annual Grammy® Awards.
Originally released on GRP Records in 1987, the album also contains the dreamy contemporary jazz offerings of "Second Sight" and "The Dragon," the sequence-driven "Time Track," "Flamingo," featuring Carlos Rios on guitar and the electrifying, techno tour de force, highly complex closer, "Kaleidoscope."
Produced by Corea, with longtime engineering partner Bernie Kirsch, the album features detailed liner notes by jazz writer Bill Milkowski, giving context and explicit technical notes to the listening experience.
Features
• Double LP
• Gatefold Jacket
• Detailed Liner Notes by Bill Milkowski
Musicians
Chick Corea - keyboards
Dave Weckl - drums
John Patitucci - bass
Frank Gambale - guitar
Eric Marienthal - saxophone
Selections
Side One:
1. Light Years
2. Second Sight
3. Flamingo
4. Prism
Side Two:
1. Time Track
2. Starlight
3. Your Eyes
Side Three:
1. The Dragon
2. View From The Outside
3. Smokescreen
Side Four:
1. Hymn Of The Heart
2. Kaleidoscope
The crisp, irrepressibly catchy title track is a prime example of Corea's more commercial aspirations for the album, with Patitucci laying down a fat, funky groove with some hearty slap bass lines (a distinct flavor of the time), and Marienthal's pungent alto sax strutting over the top. Not only did this groove-oriented track catch on with listeners, it also won a Grammy® for Best R&B Instrumental Performance at the 31st Annual Grammy® Awards.
Originally released on GRP Records in 1987, the album also contains the dreamy contemporary jazz offerings of "Second Sight" and "The Dragon," the sequence-driven "Time Track," "Flamingo," featuring Carlos Rios on guitar and the electrifying, techno tour de force, highly complex closer, "Kaleidoscope."
Produced by Corea, with longtime engineering partner Bernie Kirsch, the album features detailed liner notes by jazz writer Bill Milkowski, giving context and explicit technical notes to the listening experience.
Features
• Double LP
• Gatefold Jacket
• Detailed Liner Notes by Bill Milkowski
Musicians
Chick Corea - keyboards
Dave Weckl - drums
John Patitucci - bass
Frank Gambale - guitar
Eric Marienthal - saxophone
Selections
Side One:
1. Light Years
2. Second Sight
3. Flamingo
4. Prism
Side Two:
1. Time Track
2. Starlight
3. Your Eyes
Side Three:
1. The Dragon
2. View From The Outside
3. Smokescreen
Side Four:
1. Hymn Of The Heart
2. Kaleidoscope
Ratings & Reviews
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