Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Airto Moreira
The Boston Three Party
Stretch Records (Japan) 2007
UCCJ-3020 (CD) Jewel case. w/obi, insert.
sleeve : EX-(some slightly hairlines.)
media : EX(some very slightly wear that does not affect to playback.)
This album captures a live Bill Evans tribute performance by the trio of Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, and Airto Moreira, recorded in Boston, USA, in 2006. Issued as a Japan-only release on Stretch Records, the label founded by Corea himself. As a concert dedicated to Evans, the program naturally includes classics such as “Waltz for Debby,” but the real centerpiece here is something else entirely. The trio delivers an expansive, energetic, and beautifully refined performance of “Sometime Ago – Fiesta,” originally featured on the 1972 ECM masterpiece Return to Forever, with Airto once again in the lineup. Including the introduction, the piece stretches well beyond 22 minutes, unfolding with remarkable intensity and elegance. That performance alone makes this album worth owning. Highly recommended.
Track 5: Desafinado
Track 8: Sometime Ago - La Fiesta (part 1)