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extend his melodic range to higher and more expressive registers. One of Clarke's musical visions became a reality in the early 1970's when he met Chick Corea and eventually formed the seminal electric jazz/fusion band Return To Forever. RTF was a showcase for each of the quartet's strong musical personal

sense of lyricism and melody, which he had distilled from his bass heroes Charles Mingus, Scott LaFaro and others, as well as non-bass players like John Coltrane. Clarke fired the bass "shot heard round the world" that started the '7os bass revolution and paved the way for all bassists/soloists/bandleaders t

s love of acoustic jazz in the '7os, recording and performing with VSOP (reuniting him with his Miles Davis colleagues), and in duet settings with Chick Corea and Oscar Peterson. In 198o, Herbie introduced the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis to the world as a solo artist, producing his debut album and touring

also joined with Roy Hargrove and Michael Brecker in toot to record a live concert album, 'Directions In Musk: Live at Massey Hall', a tribute to John Coltrane and Miles Davis. `Possibilities', released in August zoos, teamed Herbie with many popular artists, such as Sting, Annie Lennox, John Mayer, Chris

d live from the Beacon Theater in New York City, just 10 weeks after the tragic events of 9/11, on November 17th, 2001. THIS WEEK's MUSIC =/span> Chick Corea This week =ou have been invited to enjoy the music of one of the most significant jazzmen since the '60s, Chick Corea (Armando Anthony "Chick" Core

orever. Along with Herbie Hanco=k, McCoy Tyner, and Keith Jarrett, he has been described as one of the major jazz piano voices =o emerge in the post-John Coltrane era. Corea continued to pursue other collaborations and to explore various musical styles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. As one of the few electri