Chick Corea Elektric Band - Eye of the Beholder [Gatefold Jacket]

Cat. no: LPCND3304
Format: LP Gatefold Jacket
Barcode: 708857330416
Release Date: 20 Sep 2024
Genre: Jazz

By the time Chick Corea - the venerated 27-time Grammy winner and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master - went into Mad Hatter Studios in Los Angeles to record the third album with his Elektric Band, the lineup had been solidifed through constant touring the previous year

Dedicated to his father Armando, a trumpeter who led a Dixieland band in Boston in the 1930s and 1940s, Eye of the Beholder refected a tightening of the ensemble playing and a greater showcasing of the individual solo prowess of these consummate musicians.

With this fresh sounding fve-star recording, it is clear that Corea was more open toshowcasing this band's collective muscle and individual virtuosity. The group rips, in no uncertain terms, on showcases like "Cascade, Part II," "Trance Dance," and the staggering "Amnesia." There are experimental excursions into the kind of atmospheric, ambient music realms that Brian Eno pioneered on "Cascade, Part 1" and may be the most profound musical statement of the collection, on par with past Corea high points, "Beauty."

Originally released on GRP Records in 1988, the album is a high-water mark for Corea and his Elektric Bandmates.

LP Gatefold Jacket Tracks: Home Universe / Eternal Child / Forgotten Past / Passage / Beauty / Cascade Part 1 / Cascade Part 2 / Trance Dance / Eye Of The Beholder / Ezinda / Amnesia