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Chick Corea Elektric Band was a jazz fusion band, led by keyboardist and pianist Chick Corea and founded in 1986 in New York City. The band was nominated twice at the Grammy Awards. [1] The sixth band album, a tribute one named Chick Corea Elektric Band II - Paint the World and released in 1993, received an additional nomination the next year. [2]
- 1986–2017
In 1986, after a long period of high-profile, mostly acoustic collaborations, Chick assembled the Elektric Band, a plugged-in unit so tight and flawless that it reinvigorated jazz for a new generation. Their first album, The Chick Corea Elektric Band, is a stunner: from the opening flourish of “City Gate,” Chick was clearly announcing a new ...
The Chick Corea Elektric Band. The Chick Corea Elektric Fusion Band was created by Chick Corea in New York in 1986 to showcase a synthesizer-heavy sound with elements of smooth jazz. Briefly reconfigured as Chick Corea Elektric Band II for one album in 1993 before returning to this lineup in 2003. The Future Is Now - released in November 2023 ...
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Electric Jazz is Re-invented. Through the remainder of the '80s and into the '90s, Corea returned to the fusion arena with a vengeance with his Elektric Band, featuring drummer Dave Weckl, saxophonist Eric Marienthal, bassist John Patitucci and guitarist Frank Gambale. Together they recorded five hard-hitting offerings that elevated fusion to a ...
