Trio Music, Live in Europe explained

Trio Music, Live in Europe
Type:	live
Artist:	Chick Corea
Cover:	Trio Music Live in Europe.jpg
Released:	October 1986^[1]
Recorded:	September 1984
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	61:50
Label:	ECM 1310
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Chick Corea
Prev Title:	Septet
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	The Chick Corea Elektric Band
Next Year:	1986

Trio Music, Live in Europe is a live album by American jazz pianist Chick Corea recorded in Switzerland in September 1984 and released on ECM in October 1986. The trio features rhythm section Miroslav Vitouš and Roy Haynes.^[2]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars stating "Close to perfect, undeniably strong, willful, and musical beyond compare, Trio Music, Live in Europe belongs in your collection, and is simply as good as modern progressive mainstream jazz gets."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Chick Corea except as indicated

1. "The Loop" - 6:29
2. "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre)- 6:40
3. "Summer Night / Night and Day" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren / Cole Porter) - 14:23
4. "Prelude No. 2 / Mock Up" (Alexander Scriabin / Corea) - 12:19
5. "Transformation" (Miroslav Vitouš) - 5:09
6. "Hittin' It" (Roy Haynes) - 5:19
7. "Mirovisions" (Vitouš) - 11:30

Personnel

• Chick Corea – piano
• Miroslav Vitouš – bass
• Roy Haynes – drums

See also

• Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Solid State, 1968)
• Trio Music (ECM, 1982)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Trio Music Live in Europe . .
2. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1300/1310.php ECM discography
3. Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed September 26, 2011