Chick Corea: The Montreux Years 1981-2010 set for double-vinyl release

The next installment in The Montreux Years series has been announced with Chick Corea: The Montreux Years set for release on Friday 23 September 2022. The album is a collection of Corea’s finest performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival between 1981 and 2010, and will be available in multi-format configurations, including superior audiophile heavy weight vinyl, CD and on streaming services, in superlative HD MQA audio. 

Corea, who died unexpectedly on 9 February 2021, is widely considered one of the foremost jazz pianists of the post John Coltrane era and participated in the birth of jazz fusion. Throughout his career, the American jazz pianist was a regular fixture at the Montreux Jazz Festival, having performed at the festival 23 times. The performances in this new collection are curated from six of those shows, opening with the 2001 live performance 'Fingerprints', from his Grammy Award winning album, Trilogy. 

Followers of the jazz fusion pioneer can immerse themselves in the timeless material that defined Chick’s career, which includes the track 'Bud Powell' from the 1997 album Remembering Bud Powell. Exploring Chick’s repertoire of classic material, Chick Corea: The Montreux Years includes the tracks ‘Quartet No.2’ from 1981’s Three Quartets and ‘Trinkle Tinkle’ from 1972’s Piano Improvisations Vol.2. 

A 23-time Grammy winner, and keyboard virtuoso, Corea will be remembered as a musical legend, after five decades of unparalleled creativity. He remains the fourth-most-nominated artist in the history of the Grammy Awards, with 65 nominations. He's also earned 3 Latin Grammy Awards, the most of any artist in the Best Instrumental Album category.

Launched in 2021, ‘The Montreux Years’ is the embodiment of the spirit of the Montreux Jazz Festival and the legacy of its much-loved founder, Claude Nobs. Nobs refused to compromise on quality or settle for anything other than the best and this ethos lives on in the superb quality of the recordings compiled in ‘The Montreux Years’. Mastering has been performed by Tony Cousins at London’s iconic Metropolis Studios, incorporating MQA to capture the original sound of the special live performances. Like previous releases of the series, Chick Corea: The Montreux Years will be accompanied by exclusive liner notes and previously unseen photography. 

LP track listing is as follows:

Side A

1. Fingerprints (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 2001)
2. Bud Powell  (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 2010)

Side B

1. Quartet No. 2 (Pt.1)  (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1988)
2. Interlude  (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2004)

Side C

1. Who’s Inside the Piano  (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1993)
2. Dignity (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2001)
3. America (Continents Pt 4) (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2006)

Side D

1. New Waltz  (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1993)
2. Trinkle Tinkle  (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1981)

CD TRACKLISTING 

1. Fingerprints (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 2001)
2. Bud Powell  (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 2010)
3. Quartet No. 2 (Pt. 1)  (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1988)
4. Interlude (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 2004)
5. Who’s Inside the Piano (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1993)
6. Dignity (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 2001)
7. America (Continents Pt. 4) (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 2006
8. New Waltz (Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1993)

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