Chick Corea, the virtuosic keyboardist who broadened the scope of jazz during a career spanning more than five decades, died on Tuesday from a rare form of cancer. A post on his Facebook page confirmed the news. Corea was 79.
“Throughout his life and career, Chick relished in the freedom and the fun to be had in creating something new, and in playing the games that artists do,” his family wrote in a statement. “Through his body of work and the decades he spent touring the world, he touched and inspired the lives of millions.
“Throughout his life and career, Chick relished in the freedom and the fun to be had in creating something new, and in playing the games that artists do,” his family wrote in a statement. “Through his body of work and the decades he spent touring the world, he touched and inspired the lives of millions.
- 2/11/2021
- by Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
Lars Ulrich faced a conundrum when Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff invited him to be a guest for one of his company’s fireside chats this week. Usually Benioff’s musical guests have been playing a song at the end of the interviews, which are broadcast on Salesforce’s social media channels, and the Metallica drummer didn’t know what he wanted to bring to the table. “I’m like, ‘Nobody wants a fucking drum solo,'” Ulrich tells Rolling Stone with a laugh. “It’s just kind of not the...
- 4/29/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Much has been said and written about the receiving and processing of music as a spiritual experience, either in the religious sense, as a way of attempting a connection with God, or in terms of feeling the lift to one’s emotions, the rush of excitement that a great piece of music well-played can offer to the human body and mind. The emotional aspect of musical transportation is pretty easily accessed, on its basest and highest planes. (Just ask any fan of screamo or Yo-Yo Ma.) And there are plenty of folks who will talk to you about how contemporary Christian artists as varied as Keith Green, Becoming Saints and Andre Crouch provide an aural pathway straight to the ear of God. For me, true incorporeal experiences with music are fairly rare. But when I hear the music of late, indisputably great jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius, or see him play,...
- 12/3/2016
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
New York — Chick Corea took the unusual step of releasing four major recordings last year covering a wide gamut of music – everything from solo piano improvisations to a concerto for jazz quintet and chamber orchestra.
Now, the 71-year-old jazz pianist and composer is in the unusual position of competing against himself in two categories at the Feb. 10 awards show in Los Angeles.
"People in the music business say don't make too many records because they'll compete against one another," Corea said in a phone interview. "Well, it's exactly what's happening, but I'm very happy about it because what I love to do is making a lot of music."
His album "Hot House," the latest chapter in his 40-year partnership with vibraphonist Gary Burton, has three nominations – best jazz instrumental album, improvised jazz solo for the title track and instrumental composition for "Mozart Goes Dancing."
"Further Explorations," on which he pays...
Now, the 71-year-old jazz pianist and composer is in the unusual position of competing against himself in two categories at the Feb. 10 awards show in Los Angeles.
"People in the music business say don't make too many records because they'll compete against one another," Corea said in a phone interview. "Well, it's exactly what's happening, but I'm very happy about it because what I love to do is making a lot of music."
His album "Hot House," the latest chapter in his 40-year partnership with vibraphonist Gary Burton, has three nominations – best jazz instrumental album, improvised jazz solo for the title track and instrumental composition for "Mozart Goes Dancing."
"Further Explorations," on which he pays...
- 2/2/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Joe Henderson always had the respect of fellow musicians and hardcore jazz fanatics, but for a long time it seemed the closest he'd get to fame was his brief stint in Blood, Sweat & Tears (years later he reminisced, in one of my favorite interviews, about how that short period was when sax companies wanted his endorsement and gave him free horns). Hardly fair considering that he spent a quarter century ranked among the top three tenor saxophonists alive, along with Rollins and Shorter. Then, almost miraculously, Verve put together a masterful production/promotion campaign that made him more famous in his last decade than he'd ever been before. Alas, emphysema took him at age 64, but he'd managed to leave an impressive legacy with nary a misstep -- he never made a bad album, and his appearance on anyone else's album was always a mark of quality. (Why is Ptah, the...
- 4/24/2012
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Grammy Award winning jazz musician Chick Corea has announced a couple of shows with John McLaughlin and the Five Peace Band. The trek will be followed by summer concerts in Europe.
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea also has some new U.S. shows scheduled this year, including an early summer date on June 18 at Community Center in Bartlesville, Ok.
Corea & Gary Burton released their album titled "The New Crystal Silence" in February on Concord Records. The album celebrates the duo's 35th anniversary of collaboration.
Corea also has new tour plans for fall with Stanley Clarke and Lenny White from September 5 at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa, through October 1 at Appalachian State University in Boone, Nc. That outing includes a September 16-19 stand at Yoshi's in Oakland, CA, ticketnews.com reports.
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea also has some new U.S. shows scheduled this year, including an early summer date on June 18 at Community Center in Bartlesville, Ok.
Corea & Gary Burton released their album titled "The New Crystal Silence" in February on Concord Records. The album celebrates the duo's 35th anniversary of collaboration.
Corea also has new tour plans for fall with Stanley Clarke and Lenny White from September 5 at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa, through October 1 at Appalachian State University in Boone, Nc. That outing includes a September 16-19 stand at Yoshi's in Oakland, CA, ticketnews.com reports.
- 4/16/2009
- icelebz.com
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