I posted this on Facebook right after I read the news (a few hours before the HN story): RIP Chick Corea. When I was 18, graduating as a wanna-be-wanky musici

I posted this on Facebook right after I read the news (a few hours before the HN story): RIP Chick Corea. When I was 18, graduating as a wanna-be-wanky musician from rock and blues, I kind of knew jazz was a thing I was supposed to grow into. I bought a crappy $5 jazz sampler CD. (This was 1998, so that's how you discovered things.) The only thing I can remember blowing my mind was a solo piano piece from Chick Corea. I'd never heard harmony like that. Sadly, I don't remember piece it was. But Chick Corea was the bridge for me between my musical childhood and adulthood. The next album I bought, was "Where Have I Known You Before" from his fusion band, "Return to Forever". I still remember the names of everyone in the band: Chick Corea (piano and synth), Stanley Clark (bass), Al Di Meola (guitar), Lenny White (drums). Literally every member of the band was at a level of technical virtuosity I'd never heard, but more importantly, it was my introduction to jazz harmony. Here's the first song from that album in full 70s fusion cheesiness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RycYchunTKc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RycYchunTKc