Chick Corea's roots go deep into the history of jazz and Latin music: he played piano with many of the greats in the 1960s, and he initiated some of the revolutionary changes of the 1970s with Miles Davis, the free-improvising collective Circle and Return to Forever. Yet he's also committed every sin in the jazz handbook: synthesiser bombast, boring jams and Scientology proselytising. But, damn it, he's good, and he bounces back: his new CD, The Ultimate Adventure, is light years ahead of the appalling To the Stars (2004).

You still get the odd moment of (acoustic) bombast, but the highlights made the most of a talented band that includes two fine Spanish musicians: superb flute and saxophone player Jorge Pardo and former Paco de Lucia bassist Carles Benavent. Dancer Auxi Fernandez adds some visual flair to the second set, with numbers such as King & Queen - in Corea's words "a processional that turns into a flamenco party". His piano-playing is never less than dazzling, so you can undervalue its subtlety: when Corea's solos and accompaniments shift from easy, even grooves through rapid Latin invention to swinging jazz trio playing, you realise there's a whole world-jazz fusion festival in his head.

The written structures of numbers such as City of Brass remind you what an accomplished composer Corea is - his long, supple lines for flute and piano are consistently inventive. What's sometimes lacking - in both playing and composition - is restraint and taste. Fortunately, The Ultimate Adventure is largely well conceived.

Flautist Pardo and Corea bring out the best in each other. Their duet on Spain, the ecstatically received encore, is a highlight. Corea's celebrated, syncopated riff and glorious refrain make a fine end to the evening.