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Chick Corea & Béla Fleck: The Enchantment

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Artist: Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
Title: The Enchantment
Released: 2007.10.22
Label: Concord Records
Time: 54:25
Producer(s): See Artists...
Appears with: Béla Fleck
Category: Jazz
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2007.10.18
Price in €: 22,99
Web address: www.chickcorea.com

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[1] Señorita (C.Corea) - 5:20
[2] Spectacle (B.Fleck) - 4:40
[3] Joban Dna Nopia (C.Corea) - 6:28
[4] Mountain (B.Fleck) - 3:53
[5] Children's Song No 6 (C.Corea) - 4:02
[6] A Strange Romance (B.Fleck) - 4:46
[7] Menagerie (B.Fleck) - 5:53
[8] Waltse for Abby (B.Fleck) - 3:02
[9] Brazil (Barroso/Russell) - 5:58
[10] The Enchantment (C.Corea) - 5:39
[11] Sunset Road (B.Fleck) - 4:36

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Chick Corea - Piano, Producer
Béla Fleck - Banjo, Producer

Bernie Kirsh - Engineer, Mixing
Bernie Grundman - Mastering
Buck Snow - Assistant Engineer
Bernard Alexander - Piano Tuner
Brian Alexander - Piano Technician
Marc Bessant - Design
Jay Blakesberg - Photography
C. Taylor Crothers - Photography
Evelyn Brechtlein - Project Coordinator
Sarah Jane Coleman - Lettering
Julie Rooney - Graphic Consultant
 

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2007 CD Concord 30253

The pairing of post-bop icon Chick Corea with nu-grass banjo wizard Bela Fleck makes perfect sense. Both are consummate musicians dedicated to the ideal of fusing disparate styles into a protean form that knows no bounds, and creating an ever-shifting music whose only criterion is the beauty of artistic expression. THE ENCHANTMENT (2007), an album of dialogues between Corea's piano and Fleck's banjo, adheres to the musical standards of both artists. Spare yet complex, beautiful and accessible yet challenging, THE ENCHANTMENT channels Latin ("Senorita"), classical ("A Strange Romance"), bluegrass ("Mountain"), jazz ("Joban dna Nopia"), among other styles, into a seamless musical whole.



Fans of legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea and bebop/bluegrass banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck are well aware of the pair's previous collaborations (Corea guests on two Flecktones albums, and Fleck appears on Corea's Rendezvous in New York DVD), but their first full-length release should surprise even their most jaded followers. The two went into the project with intense seriousness of purpose, Corea writing four pieces and Fleck six. (The standard "Brazil" is their only cover.) They push each other hard in adapting their instruments to genres (bluegrass, country, Latin, ragtime, classical, blues, and world) normally outside their idioms, Corea playing 'grassy banjo patterns on the piano on Fleck's mournful "Mountain" and Fleck stretching on Corea's suite-like "Joban Dna Nopia." With few exceptions, the compositions are only frameworks for vast improvisation, which might be expected. But instead of setting each other up for extended solos, Corea and Fleck join together with breathtaking precision and verve, weaving and intertwining through remarkable contrapuntal excursions, only to break and meet up again in perfect sync. Despite the thrill of Fleck's chromatic chases and classical flirtations and Corea's mastery of difficult lines on Fleck's rippling "Spectacle," one can't help but think they would have benefited from a tad more instrumentation--especially bass and percussion. Perhaps that's the next step this wickedly inventive duo wll take in their ongoing odyssey of genius.

Alanna Nash - Amazon.com



Aside from being legendary multiple Grammy-winning jazzmen on very different instruments, Chick Corea (piano) and Béla Fleck (the world's premier jazz banjo master) have a shared love for collaboration and the infinite improvisational possibilities their chosen idiom offers them. In some ways, the two have been preparing for this masterful, musical dialogue-driven masterpiece for over ten years. Fleck, who has always credited Corea as being one of his chief influences, invited the pianist to play on the Flecktones'Tales from the Acoustic Planet, as well as the group's live CD Live Art. Some years later, in 2001, Corea found a spot for Fleck on his Rendezvous in New York DVD. Later, they toured as a duo, making the unique recording of The Enchantment an inevitable artistic extension of their on-stage chemistry. One of the standout elements is the fact that, instead of using their kinetic duality as a springboard for extended one-instrument solo sections, their percussive lines weave and intertwine beautifully throughout, like a mosaic determined to mine uncharted territory. The opening track, Corea's "Señorita," is lively, jumpy, and exotic, while Fleck's "Spectacle" blends his country-plucking guitar with Corea's dramatic, stride-influenced approach. This pattern follows throughout the disc, as the pianist's compositions take on a spicy Latin flavor while the banjo man - on excursions like the folksy "Mountain" and the classic waltz vibe of "Waltse for Abby" - keeps the piano alongside him on the front porch. They also ease into an interesting classical call-and-response mode on Fleck's "A Strange Romance." The lone cover is a take on "Brazil" that swirls Fleck's witty notes and Corea's shimmering ivory flow. Sounds like the continuation of a beautiful friendship.

Jonathan Widran - All Music Guide



"Each tune contrasts stylistically with the one that preceded it, pointing to the talent and versatility of the pair..."

Down Beat (p.68) - 3.5 stars out of 5
 

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