Windows (composition)

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"Windows"
Song
Written1966 (1966)
Genre Jazz
Composer(s) Chick Corea

"Windows" is a jazz composition in 3
4
time by Chick Corea. It has become a jazz standard, [1] [2] and is among the earliest of Corea's compositions to have achieved this status. [3]

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Background

Corea first recorded "Windows" under the title "Uph" on a session led by Mercer Ellington on January 5, 1966. This session was later published on the compilation album Duke Ellington - New Mood Indigo. Joining Corea were Paul Gonsalves, Aaron Bell, and Louis Bellson, all sideman of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. [4]

In August 1966, "Windows" was recorded for the Hubert Laws album Laws' Cause , featuring Corea on piano, and issued in 1969. The same track would later appear on the 1973 compilation album Inner Space . In March 1967, Corea recorded the piece as part of Stan Getz's band, with the results included on the album Sweet Rain . ("Windows" also appears on the Getz album Live At Montreux 1972, again with Corea on piano.)

A year later, Corea recorded "Windows" under his own name, accompanied by bassist Miroslav Vitouš and drummer Roy Haynes; this version would appear on the 1975 album Circling In as well as the 1988 CD release of Now He Sings, Now He Sobs . A 1997 performance, featuring Corea, vibraphonist Gary Burton, guitarist Pat Metheny, bassist Dave Holland, and Haynes, is included on the album Like Minds . "Windows" would later appear on the 2006 Corea album Super Trio (Live at the One World Theatre, April 3rd, 2005).

Other recordings

Hubert Laws "Carnegie Hall" (CTI 1973)

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