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Aside from being legendary multiple Grammy-winning jazzmen on very different instruments, Chick Corea (piano) and Béla Fleck (the world's premier jazz banjo master) have a shared love for collaboration and the infinite improvisational possibilities their chosen idiom offers them. In some ways, the two have been preparing for this masterful, musical dialogue-driven masterpiece for over ten years. Fleck, who has always credited Corea as being one of his chief influences, invited the pianist to play on the Flecktones' Tales from the Acoustic Planet, as well as the group's live CD Live Art. Some years later, in 2001, Corea found a spot for Fleck on his Rendezvous in New York DVD. Later, they toured as a duo, making the unique recording of The Enchantment an inevitable artistic extension of their on-stage chemistry. One of the standout elements is the fact that, instead of using their kinetic duality as a springboard for extended one-instrument solo sections, their percussive lines weave and intertwine beautifully throughout, like a mosaic determined to mine uncharted territory. The opening track, Corea's "Señorita," is lively, jumpy, and exotic, while Fleck's "Spectacle" blends his country-plucking guitar with Corea's dramatic, stride-influenced approach. This pattern follows throughout the disc, as the pianist's compositions take on a spicy Latin flavor while the banjo man -- on excursions like the folksy "Mountain" and the classic waltz vibe of "Waltse for Abby" -- keeps the piano alongside him on the front porch. They also ease into an interesting classical call-and-response mode on Fleck's "A Strange Romance." The lone cover is a take on "Brazil" that swirls Fleck's witty notes and Corea's shimmering ivory flow. Sounds like the continuation of a beautiful friendship. Fleck's "Spectacle" was nominated for a Grammy in 2007 as Best Instrumental Composition.
© Jonathan Widran /TiVo
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Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BELA FLECK, Producer, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bernie Kirsh, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buck Snow, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Chick Corea Productions, Inc. & Bela Fleck Productions
Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BELA FLECK, Producer, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHICK COREA, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Kirsh, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buck Snow, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Chick Corea Productions, Inc. & Bela Fleck Productions
Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BELA FLECK, Producer, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bernie Kirsh, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buck Snow, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Chick Corea Productions, Inc. & Bela Fleck Productions
Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BELA FLECK, Producer, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHICK COREA, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Kirsh, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buck Snow, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Chick Corea Productions, Inc. & Bela Fleck Productions
Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BELA FLECK, Producer, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bernie Kirsh, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buck Snow, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Chick Corea Productions, Inc. & Bela Fleck Productions
Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BELA FLECK, Producer, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHICK COREA, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Kirsh, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buck Snow, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Chick Corea Productions, Inc. & Bela Fleck Productions
Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BELA FLECK, Producer, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHICK COREA, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Kirsh, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buck Snow, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Chick Corea Productions, Inc. & Bela Fleck Productions
Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BELA FLECK, Producer, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHICK COREA, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Kirsh, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buck Snow, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Chick Corea Productions, Inc. & Bela Fleck Productions
Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BELA FLECK, Producer, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Kirsh, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ary Barosso, ComposerLyricist - S.K. Russel, ComposerLyricist - Buck Snow, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Chick Corea Productions, Inc. & Bela Fleck Productions
Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BELA FLECK, Producer, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bernie Kirsh, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buck Snow, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Chick Corea Productions, Inc. & Bela Fleck Productions
Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BELA FLECK, Producer, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHICK COREA, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Kirsh, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buck Snow, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Chick Corea Productions, Inc. & Bela Fleck Productions
Album review
Aside from being legendary multiple Grammy-winning jazzmen on very different instruments, Chick Corea (piano) and Béla Fleck (the world's premier jazz banjo master) have a shared love for collaboration and the infinite improvisational possibilities their chosen idiom offers them. In some ways, the two have been preparing for this masterful, musical dialogue-driven masterpiece for over ten years. Fleck, who has always credited Corea as being one of his chief influences, invited the pianist to play on the Flecktones' Tales from the Acoustic Planet, as well as the group's live CD Live Art. Some years later, in 2001, Corea found a spot for Fleck on his Rendezvous in New York DVD. Later, they toured as a duo, making the unique recording of The Enchantment an inevitable artistic extension of their on-stage chemistry. One of the standout elements is the fact that, instead of using their kinetic duality as a springboard for extended one-instrument solo sections, their percussive lines weave and intertwine beautifully throughout, like a mosaic determined to mine uncharted territory. The opening track, Corea's "Señorita," is lively, jumpy, and exotic, while Fleck's "Spectacle" blends his country-plucking guitar with Corea's dramatic, stride-influenced approach. This pattern follows throughout the disc, as the pianist's compositions take on a spicy Latin flavor while the banjo man -- on excursions like the folksy "Mountain" and the classic waltz vibe of "Waltse for Abby" -- keeps the piano alongside him on the front porch. They also ease into an interesting classical call-and-response mode on Fleck's "A Strange Romance." The lone cover is a take on "Brazil" that swirls Fleck's witty notes and Corea's shimmering ivory flow. Sounds like the continuation of a beautiful friendship. Fleck's "Spectacle" was nominated for a Grammy in 2007 as Best Instrumental Composition.
© Jonathan Widran /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:26
- Main artists: Chick Corea Béla Fleck
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Concord Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2007 Chick Corea Productions, Inc. & Bela Fleck Productions ℗ 2007 Chick Corea Productions, Inc. & Bela Fleck Productions
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