Tag: Chick Corea

  • Modus Operandi

    There’s a certain type of semi-modal tune that comprises slabs – 4, 2 or even 1 bar long – of different modes chosen seemingly at random (seemingly). These tunes stubbornly resist traditional harmonic analysis. (I say semi-modal. I’ll leave the strict categorisation to the academics – they love a good row.) I’m thinking of tunes…