Ranking the Studio Albums: Chick Corea Elektric Band (Viewer Appreciation Day w/George Lamie)
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Join host Pete Pardo and special guest co-host and long time SoT viewer George Lamie as they each rank the studio albums of jazz-fusion greats the Chick Corea Elektric Band. #chickcorea #elektricband
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The original Elektric Band trio recorded Akoustic Band in 1989 - fantastic album, - thanks for the review.
There is an Akoustic Band "Live At the Tokyo Blue Note" cd with Vinnie Colaiuta filling in for Weckl....the 1st track, "Humpty Dumpty"...sounds like Corea & Patitucci are haging on for dear life. :-0
I like the 'get more people into fusion' angle. Nice job guys! You can't go wrong with the Elektric Band.
You guys converse like you've known each other forever. The conversational tone makes the 30+ minutes go pretty quick.
Let’s take a moment to recognize how cool a 30 minute plus conversation on the CCEB in 2020 is! Thanks Pete for acknowledging your fusion and jazz fans out there. The musicians in that band are literally some of the best in the world.
And yes, Pat Metheny live is amazing.
Great show guys, my love of Fusion is continuing to grow as I learn more!
I Have met More than A few Famous People in my Life. But Chick Corea was HANDS -DOWN the Nicest " A - LIST " Musician I have Ever Met. He Basically invited people backstage to hang out and Eat his Catered Food & Talked to Everyone.. Such A Sweet Guy..& Then theirs His Music!!!!
I agree about Chick Corea. I met him too, a few years ago... he was nice, personable and intimately engaging ; he even put up with my very annoying musician friend far longer than he should have.
Chick Corea is a genius in my view. I love these albums! Great show, and hello George!
Hey Luis!
Happy to see another SoT follower appreciation show. Particularly enjoyed George’s distinct view and that you two were not always in step but sometimes were. That always makes for an interesting give and take. I would likely give Eye of the Beholder the top spot. Thanks, George and Pete!
Thanks John!
I love this man, this channel is just the best. Pete you have made RUclips cool as shit again. Fuck the haters and you do you man🤘🇺🇸
Never really got into Chick Corea until checking out a few of the tunes you guys talked about and you are right the band is tight and really can lay down the music. Loved it!
Cool to see I am not the only one metal-head Jazz-lover !
Pete is so fearless, he is the only one who could do such mission impossible like „top-10-song of Godflesh“ (all tracks sounds the same) !
CHEERS ✌🏻🚀🌍👍🏼
That's a fantastic treat for a fan. Nice job!
Thanks!
Great job, George! What an honor to sit in with the great Pete Pardo. I, too, love jazz fusion with Flim & The BB's being my favorite band. But I like pretty much all of them. It was very cool to hear the insights that Pete and George provided. Can't wait for more of these types of videos that focus on the lesser known (but still fantastic) genres.
I really enjoy the fan in put live. MORE Please! Cheers.
Great job George! Love the Fusion shows.
Thanks Will.
Thanks for reviewing this band. I have heard of them, but I have never explored this catalog. That will soon be rectified. How about ranking TRIBAL TECH?
I think that may be on Pete's to do list. It's a good idea, for sure
Dave weckl is my favorite drummer of all time
He's fantastic, like a damn octopus
My dad introduced me to the music of the Chick Corea Elektric Band when he played me the GRP super live in concert on vinyl and I was absolutely blown away by the playing and the musicianship of these guys, they were playing jazz music but with more of a rock approach but leaning towards the pop aspects. I've been a big fan of this band for close to 30 years and they made some fantastic music during the mid 80s to early 90s. I saw these guys back in 2017 and it was one of the best shows I have been to. Thanks for doing this, I really appreciate it. I've been waiting for this one for a long time and you guys delivered. Absolutely loved it
1. Beneath The Mask
2. Elektric Band
3. Paint The World
4. Eye Of The Beholder
5. Inside Out
6. To The Stars
7. Light Years
Been listening to fusion since 74-75 return to forever , Steve Kahn, Billy Cobham Weather report, George Duke, alphonse muzon
WELCOME GEORGE!!! 👍💯
Thanks!
My favorite albums:
Five Peace Band (with John McLaughlin), The Mad Hatter, Three Quartets, Chinese Butterfly ( with Steve Gadd)
Romantic Warrior, Where have I known you before( RTF ),
The Chick Corea Elektric Band...
With Miles Davis “Bitches Brew”, “Live Evil” and “Jack Johnson”.
I saw Chick Corea with Gary Burton in concert as a duo only. They played an “Eleanor Rigby” version.
Love that 'Three Quartets' band/album...it's like Steps Ahead but with Corea on piano. 'Friends' (with Joe Farrell instead of Mike Brecker) is also good.
The Five Peace Band is HEAVY!
Great choices.!☺️
Thanks for Viewer Appreciation Day! Great job George! Grateful to have all the cool content continually coming down the pipe!
Enjoyed listening to your opinions. Great job guys.
Good to see you George!
Thanks Kitty!
Inside Out is my fav - since it came out. Got to see them a couple times on that tour - just phenomenal
@Pete - I remember the Dregs/Steve Morse coming around alot around that same time
Nice job, great to see this stuff get discussed!
It was late 80's when hard rock and heavy metal had just started to take a turn for the worse... hair bands! I didn't feel like I had a musical home anymore. Then a friend of mine said, hey you gotta check out this guy Dave Weckl on drums on this Chick Corea album. I got a used copy of the first Elektric Band CD and I was hooked.
I agree that they're all great in their own way, but for me, Eye Of The Beholder is on another level. Less about soloing or musicianship, and more about song composition and feel. Absolutely brilliant.
Actually there was a lot of variety in late 80s Metal scene: Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Thrash bands, Traditional Metal bands still going on strong & plus the Hard Rock bands. Rock Bands have long hair since the mid 60s.
@@LuchaLibertaria I've always thought "hair metal" sounded stupid.
@@gemini2012100 well, it was invented in the 90s to ridicule 80s Hard Rock Bands.They were also calling 70s Hard Rock Bands as 'dinosaur bands' 😀 Anyway back to Chick Corea, illusion from Behind The Mask is a great song!
@@LuchaLibertaria Oh okay. Thanks for the info. I'll have to check that out. I've been listening to quite a bit of jazz fusion lately. There's something relaxing about it that makes me kind of forget what's going on lately. Sometimes I feel like it's the only thing that's keeping me sane...lol
I saw them in 1988 on the Eye of the beholder tour with Herbie Hancock quartet opening for them
Incredible concert !
I love the song Charged Particles. It rocks, and is perhaps Gambale's finest moment on record.
Awesome show \o/
Tale of Daring is maybe the most impressive jazz-fusion piece written since the 70's.
What a cool thing to do with your fans!
great video...great job george....i like the electric band but i do have to say when i'm in the mood for chick, i usually reach for either return to forever (no mystery or romantic warrior), or his solo stuff (leprechaun or spanish heart)...also really dig dimeola as well...keep the jazz alive...peace...rocky
Great job George. It's been great interacting all these years. Can't wait for the new record.
Love your channel Pete.
My list:
7. Light Years
6. To the Stars
5. Elektric Band
4. Behind the Mask
3. Paint the World
2. Eye of the Beholder
1. Inside Out
I gravitate to their complex and organic stuff. I was thrilled when the first record came out, because he was using guitar again, but even then, I preferred the tunes that Henderson played on. I've seen them 5 times.
Thanks, PB!
I love Chick Corea. Excerpt from the First Movement of Heavy Metal is my favorite from his group Return to Forever. He once visited my former community college (SPC) and did a masterclass there. My former music theory teacher got to go and meet him:) I would've gone if the tickets weren't expensive lol XD.
@@bradleyperry5509 Sorry! I'm not a big Aerosmith fan, haha XD. Not to be rude, but this is about Chick Corea.
@@bradleyperry5509 Well... I mean, even though I'm not a big Aerosmith fan, I'd have to go with Joe Perry because of his excellent technical skills on guitar. With all respect to Lemmy, I don't listen to a whole lot of Motorhead. I only know Ace of Spades lol. How about Mr. Big? If you had to choose, would it be Billy Sheehan, Paul Gilbert or Eric Martin?
@@bradleyperry5509 Will do!
Love the Return to Forever T-shirt! 😊
OMG! Search of Tranquility is my new favourite RUclips channel! Not only it's about classic/prog rock and metal, it also features jazz-fusion!! Wow, kudos!!
I’m a huge RTF fan Al DiMeola is one of my earliest favorite players. But honestly I never heard this configuration. Thanks for the education I’m looking forward to digging deep into this lineup.
1. Beneath the Mask
2. Paint the World
3. Inside Out
4. The Chick Corea Elektric Band
5. Eye of the Beholder
6. To the Stars
7. Light Years
4 1 7 3 5 2 6
I love this channel, RTF and Elektric Band, and Purple happens to be my “favorite” band all time. In my opinion, the classic lineup of Elektric Band playing live is hard to touch from a technical standpoint. DiMeola is a tighter player than Gambale, but the overall output of the band and the live shows are awesome. There are RUclips videos of Mike Pope filling in on bass and even he is awesome. I like them more than Dream Theater even for outright jamming. It would be cool to hear DT or Petrucci/Rudess cover some Elektric band stuff.
Hope to see more of you on future shows George.
Thanks Scott.
@@georgelamie7001 totally my pleasure. Cheers.
Thank you for ranking the studio albums:Chick Cores Electric Band (Viewer Appreciation Day w/ George Lanie). This is the first time I've heard of Chick Cores Electric Band. I'll give them a listen.🎤🎸🎵🥁
Here's a great vid you can start with. It's a tune off the Inside Out album ruclips.net/video/sIVaXOP8RNc/видео.html
Love it. Very interesting ranking, much different than mine. This is like one of my favorite groups. Pete, next viewer appreciation let's rank the albums of Shadowfax.
never saw the original EB but did see EB 2. I have been a longtime fan of Chick Corea. Amazing composer. I also had the pleasure of seeing Return to Forever when Al Di Meola
played his first gig with the band. RTF was my first real intro into fusion. EB was such an amazing band. Top-shelf musicians and great compositions.
Another excellent video!
Thanks guys . Looks like a bad day for the bank balance . Its lovely to see the enthusiasm you show. All the best
Love Chick Corea, definitely my favourite Jazz fusion artist (second favourite Al DiMeola) and top three jazz alongside Miles and Coltrane. Both bands were great - Corea has a knack of choosing to work with excellent musicians - and who better to replace DiMeola in RTF iv than Frank Gambale? I'd agree with George's choice of Inside Out being my favourite, with the debut next then beause I came to the party fairly late, To The Stars in third - though I also find the interludes a bit annoying. I also have no truck with his personal beliefs that inspired that album and which I think (though may be wrong) were a reason for DiMeola and he falling out? Each to their own. Unfortunately I've never seen them nor RTF nor Chick live - at least there are some videos out there. I'd still have to go with RTF over Elektric band as my favourite out of the two, not to forget some superb Chick Corea solo albums like My Spanish Heart, Leprechaun, The Ultimate Adventure and for a great overview of his various trios , quartets and duos there's his great Rendezvous in New York set.
Great stuff...Please give us a Ranking of Tribal Tech.
If youre gonna do jazz, you should do The Rippingtons. They have alot of great albums.
The Elektric Band was my first ever real concert. I believe it was the first concert on the Beneath The Mask tour. I went with my uncle who is a huge Chick fan. I got a steady diet of everything Chick from him.
Was it Costa Mesa, California? I have a copy of the tour itinerary, and that was the first date. Oct. 3rd 1991
George Lamie that was it!
More fusion, more fusion, more fusion
pete thanks so much for doing this elektric band show! saw them on their last reunion tour a few years ago at the egg(i know you have been there),with the flecktones as a warmup(loved victor wooten!), new release today eric marienthal randy brecker double dealin,highly recommended,maybe a review of this album in the future? saw return to forever on july 4th 1976 at saratoga ny(spac) still best jazz fusion show i ever saw, they warmed up for blood sweat and tears(dont even remember how they were)
I'd be interested in your top 10 picks on Chick's discography in totality, not just from the electric band era. Thanks guys, thoroughly enjoyed this.
Corea's discography (in totality) is ENORMOUS... :-)
George! You crack me up. Your #7 is the only Chick album I own. Bought it in college and loved it.
I lost track of Corea after RTF and the whole fusion thing after the 70’s. I had no idea this Corea project even existed! Thanks for the new music to explore!!! And the possibility of a new RTF album with DiMeola! Whew!!!! Great job George!!
Thanks Thomas!
I have Return to forever albums, but I have never heard about this band before. But I am very excited to check them out after washing you guys making this video 😁
Carlos Rios and Mike Miller both played for Gino Vannelli on the Brother to brother and Nightwalker albums
Rios also did a lotta R&B/Pop things in the 80s (like Lionel Richie). Rios is on Brother To Brother?
What's up, George? How can you guys have never seen Pat Metheny? Get on it fellas! First time I saw pat was when he was in Gary Burton's band and didn't know who he was. Saw The Pat Metheny Band numerous times and the reunion with Gary as well.
Thanks for this particular show, I have the first one and Electric outlet, I really didn't know about the others.
Great show! Only got the first s/t album. Looking forward to check out more from the Electric band, will start with Inside Out.
I love Eric Marienthal's solo stuff. I have 4 of his CDs. Crossroads, Oasis,One Touch and Street Dance. All fantastic IMO. It's feel good music. Not tech heavy. If you just wanna relax and listen, this is a go to.
The only one I have is Crossroads. That has some sizzle.
@@georgelamie7001 Great album, indeed. It's perhaps his most tech heavy. Very dynamic too. Has hints of the Chick Corea days.
@@georgelamie7001 I just read the credits of the album and see that Chick corea, Frank Gambale and Dave Weckl helped with it. No wonder it sounds like the elektric band.
Mike Miller was on the 2002 CD "So Yuh Don't Like Modern Art" from Banned from Utopia. This band was a group of ex-Frank Zappa musicians playing half original, half FZ covers. Great album, you might like it Pete.
I know almost nothing of Chick Corea. Even though I'm a fusion fan. Will listen to me all albums.Thanks. 👍
What I know about Chick Corea could be fit on my pinkies fingernail. But I'll watch this in the morning and maybe learn a few things. And I'm sure I'll have someone's #1 pick playing in my headphones afterwards.
Talking of the band playing a lot of songs from each album, when I saw them in 1992 on the Beneath the Mask tour they played the entire album (Jimmy Earl was in the band by then). And a couple of years before on the Inside Out tour they played almost the whole album.
Hi Pete this Channel had lead me to Prog/Prog Metal my Favorite Band now was Symphony X maybe it leads my also to Fusion...Thanx a lot
I would recommend checking out anything on YT featuring Chick and Hiromi Uehara
As I have said before I have never heard of this band. As a bass player and having checked them out I love the bass playing. Arggggh I don't need more albums to buy lol
I agree with Pete's ranking of Beneath the Mask. I just could not get in to that album at all. I tried really hard to like it but it wasn't for me. I do like the 1991 acoustic album. It's really good.
Cool and informative discussion.
Carlos Rios did the Gino Vanelli Brother to Brother solo.
Great video ..my type of heaven...I’d love to hear George’s views on the state of fusion today and who are going to be the new giants . I think Hadrien Féraud is our great hope at the moment.
I have a fusion dedicated message board, if you'd ever like to see some fuze talk. fuzezone.boards.net/
They are all high-high level. My favourite (for a hairline) is PAINT THE WORLD. I appreciate even more Dave Weckl's solo career.
Carlos Rios is a session guitarist. He's jammed for Stevie Nicks, Lionel Richie, Fleetwood Mac, Boz Scaggs, David Sanborn....100's more
He's also responsible for one of the most loved fusion guitar solos on Gino Vanelli's track Brother to Brother off the album of the same name - I came to that from another RUclips channel and had previously only thought of Vanelli as soft jazz lite pop, however he had some great players - such as the sadly missed Mark Craney on drums - and in between the fluff there are some great fusion tunes.
@@terryjohnson5275 that solo on that Vanelli track is sooooo damn tasty, Rios is a monster player !!!
Yeah, he's one of those guys who we've all seen his name forever, yet can never remember who he's played with cause the list is so long. Incredible player!
I have heard of Chick Corea ever since school, one of my classmates was into jazz and jazz fusion, but I have never really had any interest myself, until now so many years later. Any albums I could start out with?
The albums Black Market and Heavy Weather by Weather Report are 2 really good albums that got me into Fusion:)
Rebecca's Sweet Music Thank you Rebecca!
@@breakaleg10 Jaco Pastorius (their bassist on those albums) also did some solo work that you should check out. His self-titled debut album is excellent and Word of Mouth too:)
@@rebeccassweetmusic4632 A!phonso Johnson is also on the majority of the Black Market album. :-)
@@jazzpunk Oh yeah... He was interviewed in the Jaco Pastorius documentary Jaco.
Frank Gambale is amazing .... The Electric Band is my favorite Chick incarnation .
Eye of the beholder is my favorite album for me!! Do you know UZEB by the way?
Yes! Great 80s-early 90s Canadian fusion outfit.
Great show guys about a band I dont know much about but will have a listen as per your rankings.
After seeing you struggle sometimes with where to place certain albums do you ever have your list finalised only to change whilst actually doing the show? Also do you plan on doing a nightwish show in the future as you have previously mentioned you are a fan?
Yeah, I've done it more times than I can count! LOL! As for Nightwish, possibly at some point. Haven't really listened to a lot of their music in recent years.
Pete are you aware of a late 80s early 90s jazz fusion band from Buffalo called Gamalon ? I would bet you are, but if not they have some killer guitar centric rock/fusion albums you ought to check out. Star with Aerial View first if not familiar with them.
I am-really good band!
One of my favorites. Love everything from the premier thru High Contrast. Was actually thinking of auditioning for them before the late Ted Reinhardt (RIP) passed away. I was a george puleo nut and learned many of his solos.
@@TheOneAboveAll George is a monster, and Bruce (RIP) wasn't very far behind ! A seriously talented bunch of players. I only own 2 of their cds but Aerial View was in constant rotation back when it came out
Carlos Rios played with Gino Vannelli.
Please do a GO TO elektric band solo albums!
I am in a metal band but I love Jazz Fusion so this is really cool for me. I am huge Chick Corea fan but I'm more familiar with his work in Return to Forever, this video is good for me to delve into his solo career. Commenters here who are some good fusion artists besides Mahavishnu, and Return to Forever, Holdsworth, Tribal Tech, and Billy Cobham that I should check out? those ones i know pretty well already.
Cab, Hiromi, Panzerballett, Fragile, Kiyo Sen, Garaj Mahal, Snarky Puppy, Gergo Borlai, Tohpati Ethnomission, David Hines, Uncle Moe's Space Ranch, Shawn Lane, Dixie Dregs, etc.
Also, here is a fusion message board I have. Feel free to pop in and read anytime(though you need to join to post) I have yearly top album lists posted for every year. fuzezone.boards.net/
He was "on the corner"!!!
Electric band electric band forever. It's like a cartoon.
Hey, Pete
You gotta check out Tribal Tech . A jazz fusion band. Scott Henderson plays guitar for them
Umm, I actually mentioned them on the show...very familiar with them.
@@seaoftranquilityprog Alright, I missed out that part
@@seaoftranquilityprog Are you planning to rank their albums
Wow, one of my top five favorite bands. It's almost a sin to put these in an order ... just shuffle the whole catalog on Spotify and love your life ... Oh, wait ... they're not on Spotify anymore ... :(
Concept album without lyrics? What about "six wives" by Wakeman?
Really good record, but there isn't anything about it that evokes imagery of English nobles in me. Nothing sounds less medeival than Anne of Cleves
You should rank the albums of Spinal Tap
Sadly, if you mention Chick Corea today most people think you're referring to an Asian gal on Twitch or Tiktok.
"Inside out" is leaps and bounds the best IMO. Every tune is a masterpiece. I could never get tired of listening to it. Dave Weckl is a Steve Gadd protege. 2 of the best IMO. Watch the 3 best play side by side as a tribute to Buddy Rich ruclips.net/video/czOjnlvHrQU/видео.html
I only have the debut album, after watching this I've now spent far too much money on amazon and bought the rest.
do not know this band will have to look in to them