Out Today: GRAMMY Award-Winning Chick Corea Trilogy - Trilogy & Trilogy 2 on Limited Edition Vinyl for the First Time via Concord Jazz
For the first time ever on vinyl, a limited edition 8-LP deluxe box set featuring Chick Corea’s 2013 album Trilogy & 2019 album Trilogy 2, has been remastered and released today collectively as Trilogy by Concord Jazz.
The GRAMMY® Award-Winning Trio featured on the collection (with a combined 40 wins between them) includes iconic jazz pianist Chick Corea along with Brian Blade on drums and Christian McBride on bass. Originally recorded by Bernie Kirsh, the set has been re-mastered by the legendary Bernie Grundman.
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2013’s Trilogy was famously recorded live at tour stops in Washington, D.C., Oakland, CA, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Turkey, and Japan. The follow-up album, 2019's Trilogy 2, features further in-concert performances captured during various tours between 2010 and 2016 in places like Ottawa, Bologna, Zurich, and St. Louis. Both albums received wide critical acclaim at the time of their release with The Guardian proclaiming about the former: “For Corea admirers, and jazz-piano fans of all kinds, it’s a must.”
From the liner notes –
“Together they establish rare chemistry on highly interactiveinterpretations”
– Bill Milkowski (journalist)
“Chick’s invitation to play with… his Trio was a blessing that I never saw coming. For all of the melodies and laughter and love and friendship he shared with me, I am eternally inspired and thankful.” – Brian Blade (drums)
“Chick certainly had his own sound and identity that had been fully formed for a long time, so even when we were playing Thelonious Monk’s Crepescule with Nellie” or Work,” it just felt like Monk through the eyes of Chick Corea. He wasn’t ever trying to deconstruct Monk. He respected Monk’s legacy too much to do that… I loved the fact that he always addressed the tradition, not by denouncing it or constantly trying to change it but by revering it. He just played it the way he felt and I really respected him for that.” – Christian McBride (bass)
“He was incredibly generous as a musician as well as a man. And he did all he could to help bring out the best in others. He was happiest when those with whom he played achieved their creative visions. And I think that’s what you can hear on these discs.” – Bernie Kirsh (recording engineer)
“All I can say is that it was a challenge and an adventure the whole way through. Each night a different city, a different venue, a different audience, a different piano and a brand new opportunity to bring all the elements of this game together in a big win.
I hope you can share some of the excitement the three of us had through these recordings. And I hope it brings you some pleasure, as it surely did me.” – Chick Corea (2013)
Encased in an outer box, the inner portfolio showcases the 180 gram vinyl, a 32-page book with exclusive tour photos, liner notes by award-winning journalist Bill Milkowski, essays by Corea, Blade, McBride and more. Trilogy will also be available as a CD box set (International only). Vinyl and CD box sets designed by 2-time GRAMMY® Award-winning creative director Lawrence Azerrad at LADdesign.
