Chick Corea - Forever Yours: The Farewell Performance

Chick Corea — Forever Yours: The Farewell Performance 2LP

Forever Yours: The Farewell Performance captures highlights from two transcendent solo-piano concerts given just four months before the jazz icon Chick Corea's passing. Performed at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida in October 2020, they would be the last public concerts Corea ever gave. Not long after these performances, his health suddenly declined, and in February 2021 the world lost one of its greatest musicians.

These recordings stand as both a deeply affecting goodbye and a definitive document of the Chick Corea solo piano experience. The listener is treated to Corea's signature cascading virtuosity, technical command, and harmonic knowledge. Featuring original music ("Armando's Rhumba," a mini-recital of Children's Songs) alongside homages to some of the composers he cherished, such as Monk, Powell, and Ellington. The record reflects the generosity and empathy at the core of his music. Throughout the program, Corea's uncut spoken interludes find him introducing tunes and explaining concepts in his affable, familial way, as if chatting with old friends.

Recorded and produced by long-time collaborator Bernie Kirsh and presented as a 2LP set in a gatefold sleeve and includes the bonus track "Pannonica." With liner notes featuring heartfelt messages from well-known friends and colleagues like Alicia Keys, Herbie Hancock, Hans Zimmer, Bobby McFerrin, Stanley Clarke, Robert Glasper, and more.

An essential release, it is a fine and fitting end to an astounding career.

 

LP 1 Side A

1. Chick's Welcome

2. Armando's Rhumba

3. It Could Happen To You

4. Overjoyed

5. Piano Sonata In F Major, K. 322: II. Adagio

LP 1 Side B

1. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

2. Chick Talks About Monk And Bud

3. 'Round Midnight

4. Trinkle Tinkle

5. Pannonica (BONUS TRACK!)

LP 2 Side A

1. Dusk In Sandi

2. Waltz For Debby

3. In A Sentimental Mood

LP 2 Side B

1. Chick Talks Portraits

2. Portrait: Sam

3. Chick Introduces The Next Portrait

4. Portrait:Terri

5. Chick Talks Children's Songs

6. Children's Song No. 1

7. Children's Song No. 2

8. Children's Song No. 10

9. Children's Song No. 17

10. Children's Song No. 19

11. Children's Song No. 20

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