CHICK COREA — Plays (2020) 2CD | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Chick Corea's piano work radiates a readily-discernible dignity and if that virtue does not actually belie the lighthearted tone of this title (or his unctuous between-song repartee), then it certainly sets out in much sharper relief the whimsy and serendipity that is also intrinsic to his well-schooled and practiced approach to the instrument. Accordingly—and hardly surprisingly—a composer of such renown as this man offers reverence for all the tunes he chooses, regardless of the source, and that attribute may be the overriding thread of continuity across these two CDs. Doug Collette   All Tracks & Credits :