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Upcoming is the Chick Corea concert, May 15, at the Orpheum. Tickets are $7.50 and $6.50. It might be wise to purchase them now. Corea is a big Boston favorite. It's good to see that the advertisements for this concert feature bassist Stanley Clarke. Poor to see that reed man Joe Farrell is not featured, however. Clarke and Farrell are top-flight musicians who should be doing more stuff on their...
...only the peasants still doffed their caps to the Duke's grave and abolished those categories...I mean, you must surely have endured exhaustive, exhausting discussions about X (who "one could never demean by comparing to Chick Corea, Coltrane, McLaughlin, Gillespie," whoever--pick your villain) and his "progressive" jazz that's trail blazing so fast they use dynamite to clear out the way to new enlightenment...
...those of you who are still reeling from that great Coltrane orgy, here are a few tidbits to hold you over until Sonny Rollins comes to town (March 2-6, Paul's Mall). The Jazz Workshop has that great Chick Corea sideman Joe Farrell, in until Sunday. Farell plays a funky saxophone and flute and is best remembered on Corea's terrific Inner Space album. Funny thing about Farrell, he is the headliner and Corea is the second banana on their latest release...
...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...
...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...