Throwback to the final Trilogy tour in 2020 when the "A" string on Christian McBride’s bass broke less than a minute into the first set in Madrid. He had to play the rest of the set on three strings. During the intermission a replacement string was found & the bass was restrung!
"The gift that graciously and selflessly keeps on giving." - All About Jazz
In case you missed it - Trilogy 3 is out now on all streaming platforms! Listen to the new album from Chick Corea, @mcbridesworld , and @BrianBlade now: https://t.co/KZLb4MECBY
'Trilogy 3' is out today on all streaming platforms! Experience the music from Chick Corea's final tour with nine-time GRAMMY®-winning bassist Christian McBride and four-time GRAMMY®-winning drummer Brian Blade now: https://t.co/ScnIpEKK9D
Chick Corea and @mcbridesworld share a Monk moment at soundcheck in Lyon, France. Chick plays a solo rendition of "Trinkle, Tinkle", which the trio went on to play live on their final tour. Hear the performance now as the second single off of 'Trilogy 3': https://t.co/o2cg4smSLh
"Trinkle, Tinkle", the second single from Chick Corea, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade's upcoming album 'Trilogy 3' is out now! Listen and pre-order now: https://t.co/V0sZXtlEn1
"The combination of Corea, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade will stand among [Corea's] finest." - @DownBeatMag
Experience the music from Chick Corea’s final tour on ‘Trilogy 3’, out for streaming Feb 28 and on CD and vinyl May 30: https://t.co/o2cg4smSLh
Following the widely acclaimed Trilogy and Trilogy 2 albums, Trilogy 3 marks yet another milestone for this celebrated ensemble. The release brings together live performances from their 2020 tour, cut short by the onset of the pandemic. Listen + pre-save: https://t.co/o2cg4smSLh
In 2020, Chick Corea hit the road with his powerhouse trio of Christian McBride and Brian Blade, embarking on what would be Corea’s final tour. The recordings from those shows are now being released as 'Trilogy 3'. Pre-save and pre-order now: https://t.co/C1I1ViIzqs
Enter now for a chance to win the Chick Corea Elektric Band - The Complete Studio Albums 1986-1991 Boxset and a @VictrolaPlayers automatic turntable: https://t.co/lQtqZsPRMR
Chick’s Elektric Band constantly innovated on electric jazz and helped define the fusion genre with their six studio albums in the 80s and 90s. It wasn’t often you could find such virtuosic playing on such accessible records.
Each 2xLP set is meticulously restored, with new liner notes by jazz writer Bill Milkowski, offering fresh insights into Chick’s creative process and the band’s signature sound.
🎸 The Chick Corea Elektric Band brought fusion to new heights. To mark the re-release of "Beneath The Mask" on double-LP, here's a clip from 1991 featuring John Patitucci on bass, Dave Weckl on drums, Frank Gambale on guitar, and Eric Marienthal on sax.
as described by The Chicago Tribune. “Theirs was a complex, finely woven sound, the musicians trading phrases and ideas with uncommon delicacy and ease.”
The Chick Corea Trilogy box set is out now! Order yours today at the link below.
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Chick and @mcbridesworld discuss the art of improvisation, pulling ideas from short thematic phrases as inspiration for solos or even new compositions. “The diaphanous music that Corea, McBride and Blade unveiled only could have been created by the three of them at once,”