Livestream Highlights: Chick’s Solo Rendition of “No Mystery” 

I completely agree. Amazing of Chick to share this process with us.

Absolutely 😊

Greetings from Japan to Brazil! We are the same age, and came upon this album at about the same time of our lives. Although I also loved other RTF albums, notably 'Where Have I Known You Before', and Chick's other albums ... especially 'Piano Improvisations Vol.1' and 'Crystal Silence', I think the first two RTF albums with Airto and Flora are among my favorites. It was those two albums that led me to a love affair with bossa, MPB, Choro, and Brazilian jazz - Elis Regina, Milton Nascimento, Edu Lobo, Ed Motto, Joyce, Toninho Horta, Boca Livre, and of course, the GREAT Antonio Carlos Jobim ... the list of musical geniuses from Brazil is never ending. Just last night, I was at a live show in Tachikawa, listening to Japan's 'Choro Club' perform their Brazilian influenced versions of the Toru Takemitsu songbook. The last song of the concert left me in tears. www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/ショーロクラブ-ヴォーカリスタス/dp/B08FP9XKVJ/ref=sr_1_12?dchild=1&keywords=Choro+Club&qid=1603619782&sr=8-12

Steve, glad that you enjoy Brazilian music. For sure Chick knows it in depth. On his last show in São Paulo he played some Tom Jobim, it was a blast! I personally think Milton Nascimento is the greatest Brazilian musician alive. What he and Lo Borges, Toninho Horta, Wagner Tiso, Beto Guedes and Marcio Borges did musically is comparable to what Vinicius and others did. Tom is one step ahead, he sits where Villa-Lobos is. But on fusion jazz Chick is second to no one. What he did is unparalleled. Genius! As Stanley Clarke once stated: "Chick created the sound (of RF)"!

@@outoper Indeed. Even though I am not a musician, Chick is as part of my identity as any book I've read or movie I've seen. I love Milton too. He has such a big fan base over here in Japan, that some Japanese guitarists actually went to Minas Gerais looking for a live house or bar called 'Clube da Esquina' 😂 I saw Milton live only once, at 'Select Live Under the Sky, Japan', but unforgettable. Among my favorites on RU-vid are the Boca Livre cover of 'Caxanga', his duet with Nana Caymmi of 'Cais', Elis Live at Montreux covering his songs, and his collaboration with Wayne Shorter on 'Miracle of the Fishes'. And although I can't read music, I love Toninho Horta's 'Aqui, Oh!' so much, that I memorized the tab score from an Almir Chediak transcription, and memorized the lyrics so I could sing the melody line as I played. But since I am not a professional, I didn't keep up the finger muscle memory and have forgotten how to play it. One Jobim song I would LOVE to learn is 'Passarim', but there must be at least 50 different chords in that piece ... way too much for my diminishing brute memory. Here is Jacques and Paula Morlenbaum in Japan, with the impeccable touch of Sakamoto Ryuichi covering Jobim's 'As Praias Desertas' ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XYknOPBUNQw.html. Oh god, that is so beautifully haunting. Saudade. Some other fusion I really like is Herbie Hancock Headhunters (and his earlier and later albums), Weather Report ... and then a little later, Pat Metheny (especially the line up with Pedro Aznar), and Oregon ... particularly the 'Out of the Woods' album and 'The Essential Oregon'. (sigh) So much good music, so little time. By the way here are a few links to stuff happening in America that I like ... Liz Wright's cover of the Neil Diamond classic 'Old Man' ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-38mjw81spec.html A new face, a female Stevie Wonder, Kandace Springs ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-48CDu0fyWJA.html And Esperanza Spalding covering an old Wayne Shorter classic, and JMHO, but candy for the eye as well as the ear and mind ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aZ4uarjLsKg.html And a recent Quora link I posted that introduces a bit of Brazilian music, as well as music from Japan ... www.quora.com/Do-you-listen-to-songs-in-other-languages-than-your-own-language-If-yes-in-how-many-different-languages-are-the-songs-on-your-playlist/answer/Steve-Martin-223 Cheers Outoper ... I love meeting people that share musical taste. Wish Japan was a little closer so we could share a beer over some of the fine sounds. - steve

Amazing. Toninho Horta did a live the other day. Tech conditions were not ideal, but he is great anyways. Will look after you on Linkedin, like to send you some music links. Best regards, and Cheers to The Great Chick Corea!

Just so you know Chick didn’t compose “No Mystery”, Stanley Clarke did.

Oir esta musica me trae recuerdos gratos de mi juventud ..armando chick corea quizas uno de los pianistas de jazz /fusion mas prolificos ...gracias chick por regalarnos tu gran musica por decadas...!!

I find it comforting to see someone of Chick's ability stumble a little along the way. I love this song and dearly miss the bowed double bass. Stanley Clarke was amazing to see live. I always felt that double bass in my stomach. Thank you for sharing Mr. Corea!

Grreat description- bong water college days hahah.

Haha you must be pretty good then!