Just getting ready for the big Chick Corea & John McLaughlin concert tonight (doing the hair and putting on the makeup :) I wonder how bad Cindy Blackman will be as a warm up act though... yeah, not really looking forward to that but hey, she might surprise us all, and I love being surprised :)
Anyway, the above song is the one that started it all for me and Chick Corea back in 2002. I was flicking through channels on the radio late at night when I landed on some jazz show on LyricFM. They were playing the second part of the Spanish Fantasy suite on the "My Spanish Heart" album. I was so taken with the drum and piano interplay that I text my girlfriend at the time to tell her to tune in and listen too. I made a note of artist and album and bought it on Amazon.co.uk there and then. It has since become one of my most listened to albums and I have bought it as a gift for people I know. I now own two copies myself, having reclaimed the copy I bought for my father before he passed away.
I havent a clue what the "All-Star" lineup are going to play tonight. I wonder if its going to be new stuff... the new stuff caught me out the last time. It sounds like there'll be a fair amount at least, if Corea's own musings about the opening night of the tour are anything to go by, "The music's tricky"...
Opening night in Monte Carlo - - wow - - what a fun band! John is spectacular! The music’s tricky - - but everyone loves the adventure. The band is bursting with energy - - - > > > Can’t wait to play in Cork , , , > > >Can't wait indeed! :)
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