This double album reissues
Chick Corea's first album as a leader,
Tones for Joan's Bones, adding two previously unissued tracks from the same session plus a pair of performances from a
Hubert Laws date of the period that feature
Corea's piano and writing. With such players as
Joe Farrell on tenor and flute, trumpeter
Woody Shaw, bassist
Steve Swallow and drummer
Joe Chambers on this
Corea date, the pianist performs five of his originals plus "This Is New" while The
Laws cuts include
Corea's "Windows." Throughout, this advanced hard bop music, which keeps an open attitude toward the avant-garde innovations of the period, is consistently stimulating. Even at this early stage,
Chick Corea's playing is quite recognizable. ~ Scott Yanow