The Five Peace Band, a jazz-rock juggernaut, presents a parody of abundance.
The first half began the same way as "Five Peace Band Live" (Concord), which is due out on Tuesday.
This weekend he leads his jazz-rock super-group, Five Peace Band; from Tuesday through Thursday he'll revisit his freewheeling duo project with the vocalist Bobby McFerrin.
What's provisional about it is the availability of his younger sidemen: Mr. McBride and Mr. Blade, who both toured with the Five Peace Band, are among the busiest jazz musicians around.
An acoustic configuration of Return to Forever (Nov. 1-2) is followed by a trio featuring the bassist Gary Peacock and the drummer Brian Blade (Nov. 3), and the week concludes with the Five Peace Band with the guitarist John McLaughlin (Nov. 4-6).
Chick Corea has adopted an array of instrumental formats over the years, from solo piano to full orchestra, occasionally plunging into projects like the Five Peace Band, a fusion extravaganza that traveled the globe last year.
More to the point, the Five Peace Band can't help recalling a pair of fusion flagships from the 1970s: the Mahavishnu Orchestra, led by Mr. McLaughlin, and Return to Forever, led by Mr. Corea.
Early in the discussion they touched on their current tour with the Five Peace Band, jointly led by Mr. Corea and the guitarist John McLaughlin, which is scheduled to arrive at the Rose Theater in April.
A newer jazz-rock project, the Five Peace Band — featuring the guitarist John McLaughlin and the alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett, both of Miles Davis pedigree — approaches its task like a team of special commandos, which can be thrilling in doses but clobbering on the whole.
A peace band set up by Farid Irsheid had been surveilling him.
