RECORDINGS Chick Corea Trio Trilogy 2 Jeff Denson Between Two Worlds Two new releases feature a fiery and involved Brian Blade. Chick Corea formed and documented his incredible trio with bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade several years ago, and now the group returns with Trilogy 2, a new double live disc culled from 2016 concerts showcasing yet more magic and fireworks from three of the jazz world’s best. Blade has always had big ears and a conversational knack for speaking or listening in the right moments, and here he continues his repartee with his bandmates while swinging his behind off.Blade brilliantly comments on the time because everyone’s pulse is so developed, and switches from sticks to brushes so seamlessly, you don’t even notice. Dig the way he brings the band back in after McBride’s solo in “How Deep Is the Ocean” with an outrageous 32nd-note, over-the-barline tom fill […]

March 2020 Issue