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FIVE PEACE BAND (WITH CHICK COREA)

John McLaughlin

 

Jazz Rock/Fusion

3.95 | 21 ratings

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Evolver
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5 stars When I heard that Chick Corea was coming out with this fusion band CD so soon after the incredible Return To Forever reunion CD, I was prepared for a letdown. I was quite pleasantly surprised. This collection packs a wallop. I should have known that if you took five great jazz musicians and put them together in a fusion band (I have two Christian McBride CDs, and I didn't even know he could play electric bass like a master) that you would get an amazing group.

The opening track, Raju, sounds like a throwback to the great fusion albums of the seventies. Corea's wonderful Fender Rhodes works perfectly with McLaughlin's electric guitar. Kenny Garrett's sax fills and solos fill out the sound perfectly. And Vinnie Colaiuta is just, well, Vinnie Colaiuta.

The rest of the collection has Corea alternating between the Rhodes and piano, giving some of the songs a more traditional jazz feel, but McLaughlin's electric guitar keeps every tune in fusion territory.

Even the final track, Someday My Prince Will Come", played as a piano/guitar duet, is surprisingly innovative and energetic.

Evolver | 5/5 |

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