This goes well while brewing coffee in your kitchen in the mornings. 

Saw him with new Grass Revival at a bluegrass festival that was celebrating Bill Monroe's birthday. This was back in 1980s, when Bill still played but didn't tolerate fools kindly.    

The mandolin player, Sam Bush, was a crazy man. Rumor was  that he was coked up.  

Delightful music while day trading.

Awesome! 

Nervous breakdown music.

EXCELLENT!   Thanx RP!   

 Johnny-smooth wrote:


You Lucky Duck! I wish I was there too!

 ExploitingChaos wrote:


LOL! OK Ramen!   GREAT TUNE!  Thanx RP!    

Saw them live at Boston’s Symphony Hall. Simply mesmerizing.

I didn't read all the comments; but has anyone mentioned the movie Brazil yet? We're all in this together. 

Call me Ramen cuz I'm into these noodles

It took me a minute, but I finally placed this tune from my disco memory banks from 40 years ago. Not sure it needed to be covered, but Bela and Chick made a decent go of it.

Jazz noodling, no question, but definitely expert jazz noodling. Annoyed me at first, but it definitely grew on me.

Don't need to hear it very often, though...

Bella Fleck. Now THERE'S an original! Although he has many better tracks than this. Jes sayin'.

I accept your chastisement, and have deleted the original post.

But, man do I detest jazz banjo. 

FrankMc wrote: 

Oh goody, more jazz doodling on the banjo.

What's next, " The complete Works of Edgar Varese, " on the kazoo? 

Awesome variety. Nice to shake up the playlist again.

I never saw Chick Corea, but I saw Bela Fleck open for Lyle Lovett in Memphis, once. He was incredible.

 Pyro wrote: 
For the record I have tried once and it did make it on to the LRC.


I'll probably try again, I'm kind of a masochist.

Must be an Eve or Eva thing!  Good taste.  :0)

Not my favourite at all  :-(

Mr. Rogers Neighborhood comes to mind.................didn't enjoy at all.

Your attitude is abominable. That is the single ugliest thing ever posted to this site. Perfect opportunity to use a projectile vomit emoticon, as your statement makes me want to heave. I hate the projectile vomit emoticon, so I won't use it, but it is there in spirit.

 jhorton wrote: 

carpwall wrote:
There's no problem. They're fixed. They fixed themselves.

Brasil, nanananana, Brasil, Brasil,
na nananana .... ¡Yiiiiiuuuuu!

Now I want to hear Banjo and Violin by that Girl Group.

bela fleck might be talented-but banjo is just too annoying (pick up a 6 string)

thus a 1

on a morning with coffee dragging and the day not done soon enough, this tune pulls on the sleepy chords

 Pyro wrote: 
I guarantee you that LOTS of people here have "downloaded some Chick" and probably multiple chicks... probably doing things inappropriate for RP discussion.

However, it does seem that noone has successfully uploaded any Chick to RP. Shame.

This duo hasn't quite won me over... yet.

jazz banjo... not bad

Not a bad collaboration, but I prefer Chick solo and Bela with his regular band.

Would someone please download some Chick?  There's not ONE Chick Corea song in RP's library.  Not one!

Hi there, I'd like to talk to you about your Ducts

 fredriley wrote: 
What. He. Said. =P

I've been an avid listener of Chick Corea's for many years, but it was RP that introduced me to his collaborative efforts with Bela Fleck, and I'm amazed at how well the two gel. Fantastic stuff... thank you RP

Tedium

Much prefer the original to this. 2

Now this is truly horrible.......like something out of an old Vaudeville cafe in the 20's. No thanks......keep me more update

Saw these two when they were on tour promoting this CD.  Fabulous and Enchanting

Excellent - 9

Masterpiece of a film, brilliant original soundtrack, dire cover. 2 from the Nottingham jury.

horstman wrote:

I've seen this occur, and to snakes as well....no, they were not cavorting, but the Redtail got it while it sunned blissfully(hissfully?) next to the road.

Tedious.

 lophrequa wrote: 

I do what I can.

Peace!

horstman wrote:
oh horstman you move me with your joi de'vivre

this music talk things about culture, religious, sunsets and generous rivers, rabits have in the north, here we have a hungry sucuris, in a rich place full of sweet water!!!

This song reminds me of rabbits, little bunnies running around in the spring, so happy to be alive and free.

Until a hawk swoops down and eats them in their absentminded bliss.

This is my blood and my soul

goldberry wrote:




Actually, Scientology is not theistic, they don't believe in a god. They believe a person can become enlightened by becoming 'clear' of their neuroses caused by bad experiences in this and past lives, so they have a process called 'auditing' in which their members pay a lot of money to get 'clear'. That in itself isn't too weird and might be beneficial (except for the money part), but what does get weird are the cultish aspects— that over time, the more one gets involved, the more personal life, money and decisions are often controlled by more senior members over the individuals, and also the beliefs that are peddled once one is in deep are very odd, such as demons and spirits fighting, aliens from other planets involved in our world etc., not to mention some of the criminal misdoings of the church in real estate and other matters busted by the U.S. and German governments.

As to your post, I don't know if you were being straight up or sarcastic, so I'll leave that one alone.

The banjo is a bit overbearing at times, but all in all this is a pretty awesome cover.

goldberry wrote:




There is a fairly recent, poignant Southpark Episode (2 part) on this. You should check it out Season 10 Episodes 12 and 13 (Go God Go I and II)

goldberry wrote: Tortured? No. Ridiculed? No more than if you claimed there were unicorns playing Frisbee on Mars. 7, BTW..but flirting with an 8 after listening to it again.

bizon wrote: Everyone should be an atheist! If not, they will be tortured and/or ridiculed!

Shesdifferent wrote: What an interesting and perhaps truly fantastic life you must lead that an instrumetal piece of music would be able to ruin an entire day.

very nice stuff

That_SOB wrote: Perhaps he is uneven in his performances. Saw him in Rotterdam some months ago, and we walked out, it was so bad. Truly awful.

I was taken kicking and screaming to a Chick Corea concert in Seattle. It changed my mind about his music, I was blown away.. Chick does great live concerts.

Is it over yet? Edit: Still feel this ruins the whole day

carpwall wrote: I'm glad to see the Ministry's continuing its tradition of recruiting the brightest and best.

bizon wrote: I just threw up in my mouth a little.

andrewimft wrote: I am biting my tongue. Someboby please give these musical geniuses The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. Please. As a matter of fact, everyone should read it.

Fleck and Corea sound as though they were born to play together. What a beautifully odd combination. Fantastic!

Sublime, moving, mood-music. These guys truly transmit emotion in their virtuosity. Please Sir, may I have some more? jahmon

duggerd wrote:Dianetics was L. Ron Hubbard's best selling science fiction novel.

superfido wrote:Thanks for totally RUINING a sublime moment. I should never read comments.....

EREIAMJH, Ghost in the machine

duggerd wrote: Corea is one of the great jazz musicians of the 1970's. Then he had a famous rock-jazz fusion band called Return To Forever, which featured many famous great jazz musicians, bassist Stanley Clarke (another Scientologist) was in it most of the time, and Al DiMeola (great jazz electric guitarist & flamenco acoustic guitarist) was in it for a while. Those Return To Forever records are worth listening to. Return To Forever had some similar sounding elements to their contemporary jazz rock fusion bands Mahavishnu Orchestra (with John McLaughlin) and Weather Report. Corea also did a number of solo acoustic and other acoustic piano oriented jazz records as well as some with full symphony orchestras and other jazz group configurations-- kind of explored various kinds of bands and sounds. He mostly does his own compositions but sometimes covers classic jazz pieces. He's had a huge influence in the jazz world. Definitely check him out, especially if you like jazz.

It just blows me away that Bela Fleck can play complex real jazz (not just his own excellent sometimes jazz derived compositions) on the banjo, and play it technically well and with beautiful results. Truly amazing.

duggerd wrote: Yes, it's true that both Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock, and also Al Dimeola are Scientologists. Even though I don't trust the Scientology movement leadership, I can put that aside and appreciate these terrific musicians' work. As to Hubbard's music, I've never heard it, but I'd be as skeptical of it as I am of his other creations.

I rate this 8+ - inspired. Knowing nothing of Corea, I went Wiki-hunting to find out more. I quote the following from his entry: Under the "special thanks" notes, found in all of his later albums, Corea mentions that the author L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology movement, has been a continual source of inspiration. In 1968 Corea discovered Dianetics, Hubbard's principal work, and in the early 1970s developed an interest in Hubbard's science fiction novels. The two exchanged letters until Hubbard's death in 1986, and Corea even did some work on music Hubbard had written, noting, " was a great composer and keyboard player as well." Is this true? I have none of Corea's work to refer to. Great musical talent and a "different" view of life are nothing new of course.

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Nice stuff

Sounds like innercity café music. Or something played at a department store at christmas.

This is going to sound so random, but I've been playing Super Mario Kart Wii a lot lately and in the shopping mall level, that's awesome, there's a Brazil-like song playing that keeps reminding me of Brazil so when this first came on I got that same feeling like "oh, another song that reminds me of Brazil," Good stuff though

kind of like coconut coffee, weird at first but nice.

perfecto!

Cheezy.

heh I was loaned Bela's Tales from the Acoustic Planet, and I stopped playing it to see what is on RP...Bela and Chick. I might should go get a lottery ticket, mayhap?

Can't keep up with Chick, as he politely pauses to let Bela have his say.

Fantastic!

Well I am glad everyone is enjoying my third upload Bill has had the generosity to include. I gave it an 8.

I don't mind the banjo, But I don't think that the brown jug and washboard would work with this.

Freaking brilliant.

Not on my list of favorites, never have liked the banjo thing...

Whoa!! amazing, refreshing, brilliant

Sounds exceptionally fine to me! Gorgeous piano! Great interplay with Bela!

Hey everyone. This song doesn't have anything to do with Gilliam's movie despite the fact he used it the film. This is brilliant piano version of Aquarela do Brasil. A masterpiece in musical history.

ronniegirl wrote: I think so too. It doesn't really seem to work

planet_lizard wrote: best film ever made gilliam is a genius :)

I like both artists in medium doses, but this is a little odd. Maybe just not used to it yet!

Essbee wrote: what a superb and too often overlooked film - a firm favourite

think I will download this......it is really nice

This piece reminds me that every frame of Terry Gilliam's film is forever ingrained in my brain. Doesn't matter whose version of the piece or how unusual it is.

Chick Corea is an institution still, one must develop a taste for Chick's style It's much like cavier, one spoo... er tune at a time I can see myself cruizing the West Coast Highway with the top down, sunglasses, and Corea in my ears....

I like them both but this is too pedestrian. Hey, I'm first!