Sweetwater Minute - Vol. 193, Chick Corea Interview 

Me too. It's a shame that he was a scientologist. Who knows how badly they had their claws in him.

@@nightshadehelis9821 its not really a shame, it doesnt change anything at all

@@nightshadehelis9821 same as Billy Sheehan, their music made them worst musicians after finding out...... lol. GTFOutta here

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Same

I’ve been thinking about this. I think he’s the greatest all time at naturally combining all intense styles up to the late 70s, all that modern classical/jazz styles he can do. He doesn’t do the new-soul stuff, anything EDM or top 40, easy listening stuff etc., so he’s not overall the most versatile musician, but for quick thinking stuff he might be top dog. Cory Henry competes, but enough of his phrases feel pre-fab, like he isn’t QUITE just improvising at the intensity as chick. Cecil Taylor is more intense, but not anywhere near as versatile, and to my ears it doesn’t sound like he’s really quite hearing it all, like he’s attached to intense at the expense of it really coming from within.

Greater than Keith Jarrett???

@@gktde9874 Who?

@@gktde9874 OH yeah. Better phrasing.

@@gktde9874 I don’t rate musicians on a competitive level (ie “…better than ____”. I only categorize them on how deeply they moved, affected, or inspired me. Chick is at the very top for me.

Honestly, it's pretty messed up. They are glorifying a woman who wanted to skin puppies for clothing. The trailer looked lame too. Like a direct to DVD movie.

Yes he did.

Glad you enjoyed it, AdamasMst!

Dave does a GREAT job with this!

Great musician but just goes to show even intelligent talented artists have blind spiritual spots. Scientology=L Ron Hubbard=jersey boy who went off the devilish deep end and formed an evil cult Chick DESPERATELY NEEDS JESUS CHRIST! As a matter of fact We ALL do, whether we know it or not. JESUS SAVES (l Ron Hubbard can't and won't) #TheTruthShallSetYouFree Chick if you are really open-minded you will ACCEPT Jesus Christ as Your Personal Savior!

Don't get me started... your religion's almost as dumb.

+DealReal12 I pray he does man Gbu. chick is amazing musician an he's one of my favorites jazz pianist.

Wow, talk about bigotry and bias. I bet you don't pass up an opportunity to thump your bible. I could care less what a musician's religious preference is. Get over it, man up!

What difference does it make if he is a Scientologist. He's a great musician and a fine human being. Actually in this case Scientology may work to his benefit with all of those out of this World sounds lol

- finally; someone says it. lol.

Good thing for us he isn't a no talent like Lou Reed

😁😁😁

Thinkertons ("thetans") like him never rest in peace, they're so creative and generous

L Ron Hubbard was a master liar and manipulator.

@@nightshadehelis9821 Indeed. And that's the puzzling thing. Here we have a certifiable genius in Chick corea, yet he seemed to think his elite musical output in life would have been damn near impossible without his "faith" in Scientology. Boggles my mind. But, RIP. He was absolutely great.

did he say bredy blade?

caca. he avoided answering the question, for some reason of discomfort or confusion but yes , he does have a musical vocabulary. It is fairly consistent. his ideas do not come from nowhere and nothing. they come from especially from his early listening exposure ( as a child learns to speak a language) and then how he shaped, yes, chose, his vocabulary later, more consciously. how he practiced. from the disciplines he chose to work on. . you d like to , but you can't get around it. It is limited. It is what he has played before, reconfigured. You can't play something (well) on the piano you haven't worked on. An Wild Bill style elbow smash on the piano required little practice maybe or what he did there with his right hand, plonk plonk plonk stab, but anything that requires precision, touch, nuance. It 's in and from his catalogue of riffs arpeggiations, scales, pieces he s played, whatever. he is limited by his technique, and "musical phrases and ideas he can render"., . It may be huge, but it is a vocabulary, a lexicon, it's not paint. it's not colors. it s not splash the canvas, you have to be able to play it. the variations, esp on a piano are not infinite , because of physical limitations. TECHNIQUE. you have to be able to play it to play it. Excuse me, i have to go work on polishing and expanding my vocab, so i have something worth saying next time out.

Face him down, face him down n kick him out [:] 0

Am not talking bs here, is serious n pertinent [:] 0

Just an impression? Are you sure Wilbur? Even Barak Obama is right twice a day. Too profound for your faux obfuscation capability mechanisms peute-etre en francaise?

Chic doesn't like to be too verbal. Music is closer to God.

It's just the rest of him shrinking.

MooPotPie But just think.... Morgan Freeman's long lost twin.

Just like his music, the more you listen to, the bigger it also gets. Awesome Musician.

He's the best of the best. Total genius. Greatest living musician. PERIOD. I adore that artist.

The nose is the only part of the body that never stops growing. Tough for us Italians like Chick and myself lol.