Chick Corea Elektric Band was a jazz fusion band, led by keyboardist and pianist Chick Corea and founded in 1986 in New York City . The band was nominated twice at the Grammy Awards . The sixth band album, a tribute one named Chick Corea Elektric Band II - Paint the World and released in 1993, received an additional nomination the next year . The group reunited in 2003, and Corea died in 2021.
6-432: The bands first line up formed in 1985 and consisted of Dave Weckl (drums) and John Pattituci (bass) alongside Corea. The band recorded and released their eponymous first album in 1986 which included Carlos Rios and Scott Henderson on guitars. The band’s typical line-up was cemented in 1987's Light Years , with Frank Gambale replacing Scott Henderson as a full time member, and saxophonist Eric Marienthal joining
12-600: The GRP All-Star Big Band ". Weckl has released a series of instructional videotapes. His first recording as leader was in 1990 – Master Plan , for GRP. This was followed by Heads Up in 1992, and Hard-Wired in 1994. Later on, Weckl recorded and toured with guitarist Mike Stern . Dave Weckl: Dave Weckl Band: Dave Weckl and Jay Oliver: The Dave Weckl Acoustic Band: With Bill Connors With Gerry Niewood With Mike Stern With Chuck Loeb and Andy LaVerne With Steve Khan With
18-653: The Tampa Bay area of Florida on February 9, 2021, at age 79; he had only recently been diagnosed. Dave Weckl Dave Weckl (born January 8, 1960, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American jazz fusion drummer and the leader of the Dave Weckl Band. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2000. Weckl started playing his first set of drums at age 8 in his spare room along with records. He later played in
24-567: The group. The third album was Eye of the Beholder , released in 1988. The material for the fourth album, Inside Out , released in 1990, was Corea originals. The last album featuring the band's traditional line-up was Beneath the Mask , released in 1991. For the next album, Elektric Band II: Paint the World released in 1993, only Corea and Marienthal returned from the original line-up. Gary Novak became
30-728: The living room, sometimes with his father on piano. Weckl studied at the University of Bridgeport . Starting out on the New York fusion scene in the early 1980s, Weckl soon began working with artists such as Paul Simon , George Benson , Michel Camilo , Robert Plant , and Anthony Jackson . He was with the Chick Corea Elektric Band from 1985 to 1991. During this time he performed on many albums and also appeared with Corea's Akoustic Band . He said he "augmented his work with Corea by continuing his session work and appearing often with
36-507: The new drummer, Jimmy Earl took the bass, and Mike Miller played guitar. The album's style is jazz-oriented. In 1996, the band recorded a version of "Rumble" from West Side Story for the tribute album The Songs of West Side Story ; this saw Weckl and Gambale returning. John Patitucci returned in 2004, restoring the band to its original lineup for To the Stars . The band’s last tour took place in 2018. Corea died of cancer at his home in
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