Word: corea
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...younger musicians are also engaged in this kind of cross-fertilization. Chick Corea, 35, a Miles Davis alumnus with a reputation for lyrical introspection on the piano, now leads a group called Return to Forever, one of the first electronic jazz bands to reach a mass rock audience. Bassist Stanley Clarke, 25, trained in the classics, combines breathtaking technical acrobatics with Coltrane-style solos. British-born John McLaughlin, 34, plays America's most supercharged guitar, pouring out majestic chords at breakneck tempos in a hybrid concoction of hard rock, Indian music and 32-bar blues. Weather Report, a five...
...expanded to 110 countries) drew up 17 demands that, if adopted, would thoroughly reorganize the workings of international trade. Some of the proposals are patently impractical, and the U.S. is determined to oppose the "Manila Declaration" pretty much down the line. But UNCTAD Secretary General Gamani Corea, 50, an Oxford Ph.D. in economics from Sri Lanka, would view the conference as a success if it can produce agreement on just two subjects: easing the LDCs' crippling burden of debt, and stabilizing world raw-materials prices...
Agreements of varying efficacy now exist to stabilize the prices of tin and coffee. Secretary General Corea and the Group of 77 want an "integrated program" to cover those commodities and eight others: cocoa, copper, cotton, hard fibers (like sisal), jute, rubber, sugar and tea. They will ask that a $3 billion fund be set up to accumulate stockpiles of each product. An independent group appointed by producers and consumers would be empowered to add to and sell from the stockpiles to keep world prices within a preagreed range...
...divergent ideas, a fragile climate of cooperation exists in practice between the rich and poor countries: both genuinely want to make UNCTAD IV a success. The stakes go beyond economics. As Corea warns, the potential "frustration and failure" of the poor countries are not healthy for world peace...
Larry Coryell and the Eleventh House. Guitarist Coryell has played with the big names in jazz-rock. His album "Spaces" features John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea. But he's forgotten anything he might have learned from them. Reknowned once for his lightening notebursts and technical fire, Coryell has settled back into a soft-pedaled brand of music which is only a string chorus away from being supermarket sap. July 31-August 3 at the jazz Workshop...