Damn.

They dropping like flies lately!

Yup. My gf always saying "Why you gotta see Judas Priest 3 times when they roll through town?"

Then I just show her the rock star obits!!!

Seeing Prince 5 times one year was a pretty good move!

Bad year to be famous & it's only mid-February.

I was led to Chick Korea primarily through a Bass player he once employed.
Listening for the hot licks I developed an appreciation for this Jazz.
This Guy is Lengendary and starting a new beginning in Heaven.

Return to Forever!

Yeah this blows. Saw him many times in many formats since the mid 80s. Fantastic musician and seemed like a really nice guy from everything I’ve heard and read. That RTF reunion that stopped in Chicago about 10 yrs ago was a legit face melter.

My buddy and I saw Chick years ago at the Park West (a small club) with Michael Brecker on tenor sax and Eddie Gomez on bass and the legendary Steve Gadd on drums. As incredible as that tight group was, I will always remember in between their two sets, when Chick came out by himself and poured the odd contents of a large cardboard box on top of the strings of a grand piano and then sat down and started running his fingers up and down the keys to get a feel of where the various pieces had landed and what kind of strange clanging or buzzing sounds were made by striking certain keys. He transitioned into a funky number by playing a dazzling solo over a driving rhythm featuring the raspy sounds from the strings affected by the contents of the box. Amazing!

This is one of my favorite songs of all time.

I remember letting someone borrow one of my Corea albums and after he got done with it, he said he didn't like it because Corea played scales too much. Like the dude completely dismissed my taste in music, one of my favorite albums in three seconds. I never wanted to hit someone in the face so much in my life.

Had the pleasure of seeing him play at Jazz Alley in Seattle a couple years ago with my son. Incredible artist - a loss to all of us!

RIP Chick Corea

I was gonna say something snarky about the REALLY in all caps seeming to diminish the losses of other musicians, but upon reflection, I'm sure that wasn't the intent.

Death sucks, and the death of someone you love sucks the most!

Some solace can be taken in that these musician's outputs will live on, to be enjoyed by generations to come.

RIP Chick!

(And as much as I loved Peart's odd time signatures and fills, I should probably give Jazz more of a chance...)

I still have, play, and enjoy some of his albums that I bought in the 70s. He was a really great musician. RIP

I am a lifelong Peart fan, but anything released with Dave Weckl and Chick Corea playing together is pure gold. I have a ton of CC's music, he was amazing, and moreso, very versatile.

One of my favorite albums with some great Jazz standards is PLAY- a duet of Bobby McFerrin and Chick Corea. That could easily be a desert island album for me.

THAT was the album he dismissed. ARGH.

I am a huge fan of power trios and now these have become power duos.... Tough losses for sure.
Peart, Lifeson, Lee
Weckl, Patituci, Corea

RIP CC. Akoustic Band is my fave. It’s reference standard stuff. I get something out of it every listen.

Reviving this one.... His passing had me bringing his works around full circle again.... Which led me down the rabbit hole to where my musical core lies- Progressive Jazz/Fusion/Rock.

These guys are absolute monsters.... don't turn this one off, let it play all the way through just to appreciate what they have to offer. This one takes off at the 3:00 minute mark, and the Cory Henry (keyboard) solo near the 4 minute mark is one of the best I have heard.

Snarky Puppy-

I heard about his passing but had missed this thread. I've been a Return to Forever fan since I was a teenager. I saw Chick with Bélla Fleck in 2019, one of my last shows pre-COVID. Two masters of their craft. I thought it an odd pairing at first, but they played really well together. I loved how Chick would reach into his grand piano and bend notes by pushing on the strings.