| Corea, Chick & Bela Fleck / Two |
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| Album: | Two | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Corea, Chick & Bela Fleck | Added: | Sep 2015 | |
| Label: | Concord Jazz, Inc. | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-09-18 | Pull Date: | 2015-11-20 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Nov 22 | Nov 15 | Nov 8 | Nov 1 | Oct 25 | Oct 18 | Oct 11 | Oct 4 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 07, 2022: | Melange (rebroadcast from Oct 1, 2015) Sunset Road | 4. | Sep 09, 2021: | funk to folk (rebroadcast from Oct 1, 2015) Mountain | |
| 2. | Mar 07, 2022: | funk to folk (rebroadcast from Oct 1, 2015) Mountain | 5. | Aug 24, 2021: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics (rebroadcast from Apr 30, 2019) Brazil | |
| 3. | Sep 09, 2021: | Rebop (rebroadcast from Oct 2, 2015) Joban Dna Nopia | 6. | Aug 16, 2021: | Melange (rebroadcast from Oct 1, 2015) Sunset Road |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2015-09-14 | ||
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ECLECTIC MULTI-GENRE INSTRUMENTAL Here are live concert recordings from tours supporting Corea and Fleck’s 2007 studio album, The Enchantment. We get a fascinating mashup of eclectic styles and influences featuring acoustic piano & banjo only. Most tunes are by Corea or Fleck, and most appeared on Enchantment. Be prepared: almost all tracks end with 20+ sec of applause. All instrumental. No FCC issues. Disc 1 1 Welcoming applause; spoken comments (0:52) 2 * Slow intro then mid-fast. Chick & Béla trade showy flourishes & riffs. By midway, it’s quite lively with a Spanish flavor. (music ends at ~8:00, track 8:25) 3 Slow to fast. A bit avant-guard: hard to categorize / describe. At times melodic; other times noisy. Interesting solos plus bangs, pops, etc. (music to 10:06; track 10:26) 4 Spoken comments (1:00) 5 * Mid-fast. Tender intro, then lively. First half is mainly banjo lead, piano accomp; second half is other way. At intersection of jazz, Classical & folk. (music to 8:03; track 8:25) 6 Spoken comments (1:37) 7 *** Mid-tempo. Fun, jazzy feel. Much development with varying sections. Banjo serves role of guitar incl good blues licks. (music to 9:00; track 9:19) 8 * Mid-tempo. Classical & folk elements woven into a tour-de-force banjo solo that segues right into #9 with no applause on this track. (3:43) 9 ** Mid-tempo. Opens to applause for Béla’s solo (#8); Chick joins for an exuberant, joyous folk-dance duet. Great interaction & solo flourishes. (music to 4:55; track 5:30) Disc 2 1 Varying tempo. Applause at start. Oft-recorded Brazilian song & jazz standard. Quite modern at times, dense & complex, with showy passages. (music to 8:46; track 9:01) 2 * Slow, pastoral, impressionist. Chick solos for 2+ min. A jazz piece with mixed influences. Piano is much the more dominant instrument. (music to 9:29; track 9:46) 3 Spoken comments (0:16) 4 *** VERY fast. Swing-era tune (Benny, Duke, Glenn Miller) that crossed into Blue Grass (Bill Monroe). Here Béla picks in hyper-Scruggs style, while Chick plays old-time saloon piano. It’s great fun! (music to 3:12; track 3:38) 5 Spoken comments (1:01) 6 * Mid-tempo; quite gentle. A modern (20C) Classical composition (a lullaby) played mostly on piano. (music to 3:09; track 3:35) 7 ** Mid-slow to fast. From a song suite patterned after Bartok that Corea rec’d in 1984; also with Gary Burton on Duet. Quite varied: playful at times, sometimes melodic; in places harsh. Piano leads first half, banjo the second. (music to 14:20; track 14:49) 8 Spoken comments (2:22) 9 *** Very fast. Old-time barroom jazz. Highly technical. Brilliant syncopated interaction. Very fun. (music to 5:47; 6:34) 10 ** Mid-tempo. Lovely piece, led mostly by banjo, combines folk, country & jazz elements. (music to 10:13; track 10:30) 11 * Mid-tempo. Light but lively with hints of Latin dances. (music to 3:00; track 3:51) | ||
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