"Windows" is a jazz composition in time by

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" ...

. It has become a

jazz standard Jazz standards are musical compositions that are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. There is no definitive List ...

, and is among the earliest of Corea's compositions to have achieved this status.

Background

Corea first recorded "Windows" under the title "Uph" on a session led by

Mercer Ellington Mercer Kennedy Ellington (March 11, 1919 – February 8, 1996) was an American musician, composer, and arranger. His father was Duke Ellington, whose band Mercer led for 20 years after his father's death. Biography Early life and education Elli ...

on January 5, 1966. This session was later published on the compilation album ''Duke Ellington - New Mood Indigo''. Joining Corea were Paul Gonsalves, Aaron Bell, and

Louis Bellson Louie Bellson (born Luigi Paolino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni, July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009), often seen in sources as Louis Bellson, although he himself preferred the spelling Louie, was an American jazz drummer. He was a composer ...

, all sideman of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. In August 1966, "Windows" was recorded for the

Hubert Laws Hubert Laws (born November 10, 1939) is an American flutist, piccoloist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 50 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Laws is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop ...

album '' Laws' Cause'', featuring Corea on piano, and issued in 1969. The same track would later appear on the 1973 compilation album '' Inner Space''. In March 1967, Corea recorded the piece as part of

Stan Getz Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetski; February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wis ...

's band, with the results included on the album '' Sweet Rain''. ("Windows" also appears on the Getz album ''Live At Montreux 1972'', again with Corea on piano.) A year later, in 1968 Corea recorded "Windows" under his own name, accompanied by bassist Miroslav Vitouš and drummer

Roy Haynes Roy Owen Haynes (March 13, 1925 – November 12, 2024) was an American jazz drummer. In the 1950s, he was given the nickname "Snap Crackle" for his distinctive snare drum sound and musical vocabulary. He is among the most recorded drummers in ja ...

; this version would appear on the 1975 album '' Circling In'' as well as the 1988 CD release of '' Now He Sings, Now He Sobs''. A 1997 performance, featuring Corea, vibraphonist

Gary Burton Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz Vibraphone, vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused ...

, guitarist

Pat Metheny Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He was the leader of the Pat Metheny Group (1977–2010) and continues to work in various small-combo, duet, and solo settings, as well as other side pr ...

, bassist

Dave Holland Dave Holland or David Holland may refer to: *Dave Holland (bassist) David Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English double bassist, bass guitarist, cellist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has ...

, and Haynes, is included on the album '' Like Minds''. "Windows" would later appear on the 2006 Corea album ''Super Trio (Live at the One World Theatre, April 3rd, 2005)''.

Other recordings

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'' (CTI 1973) *

Lee Konitz Leon "Lee" Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist and composer. He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's ass ...

and

Hal Galper Harold Galper (born April 18, 1938) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator, and writer. Biography He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Galper studied classical piano as a boy, but switched to jazz wh ...

– ''

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'' (SteepleChase, 1976) *

Joe Pass Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalacqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. Although Pass recorded and performed live with pianist Oscar Peterson, composer Duke Ellington, and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, he ...

– '' Virtuoso No. 2'' (Pablo, 1976) * Flora Purim – '' Encounter'' (Milestone, 1977) * Groove Holmes – '' Shippin' Out'' (Muse, 1978) *

Marian McPartland Margaret Marian McPartland Order of the British Empire, OBE ( Turner;Hasson, Claire, . PhD Thesis. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English and American jazz pianist, composer, and writer. She was the host of ...

– ''At the Festival'' (Concord, 1979) * Mike Stern – ''Standards (and Other Songs)'' (Atlantic, 1992) *

Bobby McFerrin Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, and conductor (music), conductor. His Vocal pedagogy, vocal techniques include singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in Pitch (music), pitch—fo ...

– ''Beyond Words'' (Blue Note, 2002) * Eldar Djangirov – '' Three Stories'' (Sony Masterworks, 2011)

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