Chick Corea - The Vigil (CD)

The Vigil featured a killin’ new band: bass-phenom Hadrien Feraud, force of nature Marcus Gilmore on drums (and grandson of the drum-god Roy Haynes), uber-innovator Tim Garland on saxes, flute and bass clarinet, and rising-star Charles Altura on guitar. "This is a record of epic proportions, in the all-encompassing scope of the music thematically as well as in the breathtaking motifs and crazy unison lines that form the individual songs." - LatinJazzNet "This is, in fact, the most exciting music Corea has released in many years, and it features the most virile new writing that Corea has offered in a quarter-century (or more)." - JazzTimes The album contains seven tracks, all are Chick's compositions: 'Galaxy 32 Star 4'; 'Planet Chia'; 'Portals to Forever'; 'Royalty'; 'Outside of Space'; 'Pledge for Peace'' and 'Legacy' and the disc is well-filled, with a total playing time of 77:28. The playing throughout is outstanding and the music is full of invention and is, as always, endlessly f