Like colleague Herbie Hancock, pianist Chick Corea can be found with several CDs and DVDs at the Jazz Door label. This almost always concerns unofficial recordings obtained from radio and / or television broadcasts. This DVD of Corea's Akoustic Band with bassist John Patitucci and drummer Dave Weckl is a clear example of that. Although it is a 2004 concert in Montreal, Canada, the DVD shows a Japanese
… TV broadcast, including Japanese subtitles. The image and sound quality are therefore mediocre. Most annoying, however, is that interview fragments have been pasted between all the songs. This may be acceptable for a TV broadcast, but it is very annoying for a concert DVD. It only distracts and makes no sense: as if Chick Corea went into the wings after each song to dedicate a few sentences to his career in front of the camera. If you program all the songs consecutively on your DVD player, you will be witness to a formidable concert including a beautiful performance of Corea's classic Spain. (HB)more
