Gordon Lightfoot - An Introduction to Gordon Lightfoot - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Gordon Lightfoot may have been one of the most accomplished and well-known singer-songwriters to come out of Canada. He is internationally known for such monumental folk/pop/rock hits as InchSundownInch, InchIf You Could Read My MindInch, InchEarly Mornin' RainInch, InchWreck of The Edmund FitzgeraldInch, and many more.

Gordon Lightfoot may have been one of the most accomplished and well-known singer-songwriters to come out of Canada. He is internationally known for such monumental folk/pop/rock hits as InchSundownInch, InchIf You Could Read My MindInch, InchEarly Mornin' RainInch, InchWreck of The Edmund FitzgeraldInch, and many more.

By the time Chick Corea - the venerated 27-time Grammy winner and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master - went into Mad Hatter Studios in Los Angeles to record the third album with his Elektric Band, the lineup had been solidified through constant touring the previous year. Dedicated to his father Armando, a trumpeter who led a Dixieland band in Boston in the 1930s and 1940s, Eye of the Beholder reflected a tightening of the ensemble playing and a greater showcasing of the individual solo prowess of these consummate musicians.With this fresh sounding five-star recording, it is clear that Corea was more open to showcasing this band's collective muscle and individual virtuosity. The group rips, in no uncertain terms, on showcases like InchCascade, Part II,Inch InchTrance Dance,Inch and the staggering InchAmnesia.Inch There are experimental excursions into the kind of atmospheric, ambient music realms that Brian Eno pioneered on InchCascade, Part 1Inch and may be the most profound musical statement of the collection, on par with past Corea high points, InchBeauty.InchOriginally released on GRP Records in 1988, the album is a high-water mark for Corea and his Elektric Bandmates.