Duet: Chick & Hiromi

Chick Corea, Hiromi | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 3, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Concord Records
• ASIN: B001OD6HA4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,855 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful concert, February 17, 2009

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Music maven (Amherst, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Duet: Chick & Hiromi (Audio CD)

Apparently Chick Corea and Hiromi push each other's creative buttons. Corea is always reliable, but on this recording he sounds like he's 25 again. And Hiromi rose to the challenge of playing with such a legend. What's surprising is how seamless their playing is. Individually they have very distinctive approaches to the piano, but here they often sound like one person with four hands.

Not every cut is equally bracing. There are a few that sound more like the players are coasting through old standards, but many of the pieces here are surprisingly bold, thorny, and out on the edge (which is just the way I like it). At times they sound like Cecil Taylor, which is quite welcome, but very surprising. "Spain" hasn't sounded this fresh in decades. What's perhaps most notable about the performance is the communication and interplay between Corea and Hiromi. They're playing in hair-trigger mode all the time, following each other's lead so instantaneously that at times it seems as though they're playing written-out parts in unison (though this happens in such unlikely places that you know it is in fact improvised). And that kind of super-alert attitude gives all the playing a tremendous immediacy and vitality. All in all a very rewarding CD.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh my goodness..., May 6, 2008

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J. P. Pascoe (South Burlington, VT United States) - See all my reviews
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Chick Corea was a favorite of mine in the 1970s. I just discovered and fell in love with Hiromi's energetic music this year. So I was pretty stoked to hear about this live "Duet" CD. I was hesitant to spring the cash, though, until I saw Chick & Hiromi perform "Spain" on YouTube. That did it. See for yourself! And yet in my opinion there are other songs on the two CDs that are even better! My favorites so far include "How Insensitive" (Jobim), "Fool on the Hill" (Lennon/McCartney), and "Do Mo (Children's Song #12)" (Chick Corea). There are NO mediocre tracks; all are wondrous!

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond Legendary, February 4, 2009

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Howard M. Edwards - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Duet: Chick & Hiromi (Audio CD)

To use the word legendary, when speaking of Hiromi or Chick, is to use a word that is not strong enough. These are simply the best pianists and writers alive. Period. And to put them together is a magical musical event. I have owned the Japanese version of this CD for some time now, and it is one that a person can listen to time after time after time, and continue to be amazed. I will not be at all surprised to see Chick and Hiromi at the 2010 Grammys, accepting an award for FOOL ON THE HILL. Thank you, Hiromi, and thank you, Chick, for this beautiful gift to Earth.