Chick Corea
Electric Piano Solo on
500 Miles High

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Chick Corea's electric piano solo is the second of 3 solos on this recording, following Joe Farrell's tenor sax and before Stanley Clarke's closing acoustic bass statement. Spanning four choruses of the 18-Bar form at a medium-up 147 BPM with a samba feel in C, the solo runs approximately 1:56. "500 Miles High" from Return to Forever's 1972 album Light as a Feather is one of Chick Corea's most celebrated compositions, featuring extended solos from Joe Farrell on tenor saxophone, Corea on electric piano, and Stanley Clarke on acoustic bass. Chick Corea was 30 to 31 years old at the time of this 1972 recording.

Chick Corea was 30 to 31 years old at the time.