# CD review: Steve Gadd & Mika Stoltzman – Spirit of Chick Corea 2022: Video, CD cover

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2022/06/24/cd-review-steve-gadd-mika-stoltzman-spirit-of-chick-corea-2022-video-cd-cover/
- Published: 2022-06-24T05:07:06+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**We are all blindsided and deeply saddened by the passing of Chick Corea. One of
his longtime collaborators, from his early fusion years up until the very end, is
drummer Steve Gadd.**

Back in 2019 at the Montreal Jazz Festival, I briefly interviewed Gadd about the
time he briefly played in Return to Forever. We listen to that bootleg, along with
his reflection on Corea not as a pianist, but as a drummer. He says hearing Chick
play the drums in the late 1960s unlocked his own playing on one particular night.“
His approach and what he did was so free. Here’s a piano player playing the drums
in a way that I never thought of. My playing changed that night. Overnight. It sort
of cleared some things up for me.”

1.Armando’s Rhumba
 2.Crystal Silence 3.Wigwam 4.Children’s Song No. 3-4 5.Chick’s
Groove 6.Marika Groove 7.Birthday Song for Mika 8.Spain 9.Japanese Waltz (Bonus 
track)

![Spirit of Chick Corea by Steve Gadd & Mika Stoltzman on Amazon Music  Unlimited](
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51FOzk3jX-L._UXNaN_FMjpg_QL85_.jpg)

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