''Trilogy 2'' is a

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Chick Corea Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain (instrumental), Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba" ...

with

Christian McBride Christian McBride (born May 31, 1972) is an American jazz bassist, composer and arranger. He has appeared on more than 400 recordings as a sideman, and is a nine-time Grammy Award winner. McBride has performed and recorded with a number of jaz ...

and

Brian Blade Brian Blade (born July 25, 1970) is an American jazz drummer, composer, and session musician. Early life Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, Blade was exposed to gospel and praise music while attending Zion Baptist Church at which his ...

. It was first released in 2018 in Japan on the

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label, and in 2019 by

Concord Records Concord Records is an American record label owned by Concord and based in Los Angeles, California. Concord Records was launched in 1995 as an imprint designed to reach beyond the company's foundational Concord Jazz label. The label's artists ha ...

. The album is a follow-up to ''

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'', which was issued in 2013.

Reception

The album was awarded Best Jazz Instrumental Album at the

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. The track "All Blues" won for Best Improvised Jazz Solo. ''

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s James Hale wrote: "the combination of Corea, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade will stand among orea'sfinest. The pair are Corea's equal in both artistic breadth and technical facility, but most of all, they can match him on the buoyancy meter." In a review for

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, Matt Collar noted the musicians' "intuitive, almost psychic interplay," and stated: "Part of what makes Corea, McBride, and Blade's work together so compelling is how rhythmically kinetic it is. McBride and Blade are both immensely rhythmic, muscular performers who punctuate every phrase and accent with deft articulation." Mike Hobart of the ''

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'' called the album "An intense and inventive return to the acoustic mainstream packed with detail and gripping throughout." ''

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s Francis Graham-Dixon stated that the album "provides a seamless and welcome continuity with" ''Trilogy'', and commented: "Chick Corea devotees will not be disappointed by this further exposition of great improvised music-making by one of the finest trios in contemporary jazz." Writing for ''

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'', Jim Worsley remarked: "Three musicians of substance further engaging in each other's world can lead to beautiful moments of improvisational bliss. They clearly are having fun playing together, and that enjoyment is transferred onto the listener in droves." In an article for '' OffBeat'', Geraldine Wyckoff noted that the album "abounds with brilliance," and wrote: "Listeners should join the audience in its obvious appreciation of the Chick Corea Trio's magnificent performance as captured on ''Trilogy 2''." ''Glide Magazines Jim Hynes commented: "At 78 Corea sounds as vital as ever and these three are among the very best on their respective instruments. Music doesn't get any better than this."

Track listing

Disc one

How Deep Is The Ocean "How Deep Is the Ocean?" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1932. The song was developed from an earlier Berlin song "To My Mammy" which was sung by Al Jolson in his film '' Mammy'' (1930). In the earlier song, the lyrics include the qu ...

" (

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) – 12:49 #"

500 Miles High "500 Miles High" is a jazz fusion song by American musician Chick Corea and Return to Forever. Composed by Corea with lyrics by Neville Potter, it was recorded in 1972 for the group's second album, '' Light as a Feather'', which was released in ...

" (Chick Corea) – 11:02 #"

Crepuscule With Nellie This is a list of compositions by jazz musician Thelonious Monk. 0-9 52nd Street Theme A contrafact based loosely on rhythm changes in C, and was copyrighted by Monk under the title "Nameless" in April 1944. The tune was also called "Bip Bop" b ...

" (

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) – 6:40 #"Work" (Thelonious Monk) – 4:54 #" But Beautiful" (

Jimmy Van Heusen James Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990) was an American composer. He wrote songs for films, television, and theater, and won an Emmy and four Academy Award for Best Original Song, Academy Awards for ...

, Johnny Burke) – 9:02 #"La Fiesta" (Chick Corea) – 7:11

Disc two

#"Eiderdown" (

Steve Swallow Steve Swallow (born October 4, 1940) is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley. He was one of the first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric bass guitar. ...

) – 11:08 #"

All Blues "All Blues" is a jazz composition by Miles Davis that first appeared on the influential 1959 album ''Kind of Blue''. In the original liner notes, pianist Bill Evans describes the piece as "a 6/8 12-measure blues form that produces its mood throug ...

" (

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) – 11:35 #"

Pastime Paradise "Pastime Paradise" is a song by American musician Stevie Wonder, recorded for his 1976 album ''Songs in the Key of Life''. The song was one of the first to use a synthesizer (the Yamaha GX-1) to sound like a full string section. Built initially f ...

" (

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) – 8:27 #"Now He Sings, Now He Sobs" (Chick Corea) – 16:18 #"Serenity" (

Joe Henderson Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 – June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and very occasional flute player. In a career spanning more than four decades, Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day an ...

) – 7:40 #"Lotus Blossom" (

Kenny Dorham McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and occasional singer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention ...

) – 10:13

Personnel

Musicians * Chick Corea – piano *

– bass *

– drums Production * Chick Corea – producer * Bernie Kirsh – co-producer, engineer (recording, mixing) *

Brian Vibberts Brian Vibberts is an American audio engineer, a native of Portland, Connecticut, who has been active since 1991. He is a 7-time Grammy Award winner (6x Grammy, 1 Latin Grammy) and has participated in the making of numerous albums that have result ...

– engineer (mixing) * David Ives – engineer (mastering) * Dan Muse – project manager, photography * Kris Campbell – tour manager * Marc Bessant – –graphic design *

Robin D. G. Kelley Robin Davis Gibran Kelley (born March 14, 1962) is an American historian and academic, who is the Gary B. Nash Professor of American History at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). From 2006 to 2011, he was Professor of American Stu ...

– liner notes

References

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