Chick Corea
Crystal Silence, La Fiesta and the Children's Songs travel far beyond the piano stool. Chick Corea's pieces carry luminous melody, Latin heat and a playful clarity that invite bass, marimba and twin grands to make them their own.
On solo five-string bass, Crystal Silence turns spare and atmospheric, closer to chamber lyric than fusion display: artful melody, clean technique, contained passion. The Children's Songs, written for piano, open on marimba with joyful range and a deep register that suits the instrument's warmth. La Fiesta sits in live two-piano improvisation among standards chosen for mutual adventure and humour, where players keep each other guessing. Wherever they land, these pieces hold their melodic poise and rhythmic lift, built so other musicians can lean in and play.
Compositions by Chick Corea appear on
Flash: Marimba Miniatures
Flash is Claire Edwardes’s second Tall Poppies recording: a warm programme of marimba miniatures drawn from her pianist beginnings and life with two young daughters, pairing new Australian works with transcribed children’s piano gems on the five-octave marimba.
Night People
An unusual disc and a claimed world-first: an entire album for solo five-string electric bass. Steve Hunter’s instrument gives him wide creative range, and this is a true solo recording, with some pieces multi-tracked.