| Corea, Chick & Gary Burton / Hot House |
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| Album: | Hot House | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Corea, Chick & Gary Burton | Added: | Nov 2012 | |
| Label: | Concord Jazz, Inc. | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-01-12 | Pull Date: | 2013-03-17 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Mar 10 | Mar 3 | Feb 24 | Feb 17 | Feb 10 | Feb 3 | Jan 20 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 29, 2016: | Rebop Once I Loved, Light Blue | 4. | Nov 23, 2013: | The Proselytizer Radio News Hour Hot House | |
| 2. | Sep 18, 2015: | Rebop Once I Loved, Light Blue | 5. | Mar 29, 2013: | Rebop Can't We Be Friends | |
| 3. | Jan 21, 2015: | 1-21-2015 Hot House | 6. | Mar 08, 2013: | Rebop Chega De Saudade |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2013-01-05 | ||
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MAINSTREAM JAZZ. Forty years after first working together, Corea and Burton are back together on a studio album. Unlike “Crystal Silence” (1972) and “Duet” (1979), which are mainly down-tempo, ethereal, and improvisational (typical of ECM releases of that era), this record is more varied, generally more upbeat, and a pleasing potpourri of historical styles. It’s just acoustic grand piano and vibes, plus a string quartet on the last track. All instrumental. No FCC issues. 1 ** Mid-tempo. A 1930 Broadway tune interpreted by Art Tatum & others. Happy melody is traded back & forth. Corea pays homage to Tatum with some left-hand stride & right-hand flourish. (7:24) 2 Mid-fast, complex fantasy on a Beatles tune. Burton plays the melody fairly straight with rhythmic piano accompaniment. Corea’s leads are more improvisational. (6:59) 3 * Mid-fast. Corea & Burton each played in the ‘60s w Stan Getz, a proponent of Antonio Jobim who wrote this tune. Impressionistic & rhythmic with lots of nice interplay. (10:43) 4 * Mid-slow. Interesting & thoughtful (tho not particularly beautiful) reading of a Bill Evans ballad. Melody takes a back seat to counterpoint & choral exploration. (6:11) 5 ** Very fast. A bebop classic famously recorded by Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker. Astonishing virtuosity; very intricate & technical. Burton really shines. (3:51) 6 * Mid-tempo beat with fast solos. A lesser known Dave Brubeck composition from his epochal “Time Out” LP. A swirling, enveloping world of notes. Quite captivating. (7:03) 7 *** Mid-tempo, swinging. Rhythmic & a bit dissonant as you’d expect in a Thelonious Monk tune. Corea has brilliantly arranged this piano piece for two instruments; the vibes at times sound almost like his right hand. Very enjoyable. (6:01) 8 * Mid-tempo. Another A.C. Jobim tune, this one more in the bosa nova style: easy going, melodic, elegant. Just the thing while enjoying a drink on the Ipanema beach. (7:19) 9 Mid-tempo. Gershwin love song. Much ornamented melody. A bit dull & long. (11:50) 10 Fast, syncopated. Classical-jazz mash-up with the Harlem String Quartet. (7:14) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Can't We Be Friends | 6. | Strange Meadow Lark | |||
| 2. | Eleanor Rigby | 7. | Light Blue | |||
| 3. | Chega De Saudade | 8. | Once I Loved | |||
| 4. | Time Remembered | 9. | My Ship | |||
| 5. | Hot House | 10. | Mozart Goes Dancing |