Jazz

Chick Corea: A Deep Dive

Pianist Chick Corea ranks among a top few in his mastery of jazz dialects, but many among the modern masses speak with his accent. Corea is one of the major pioneers of fusion, and his far-ranging ...
Jazz

Chick Corea

In memory of NEA Jazz Master Chick Corea: 1941-2021. This article was first published at All About Jazz in 2004. Pianist Chick Corea is one of the major pioneers of fusion, with his influence since ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Chick Corea remains perpetually active: “I don’t know what ‘retire’ means.”

Over the course of his storied career, Chick Corea has recorded nearly a hundred albums as a band leader and many others as a co-leader and accompanist. The jazz-and-beyond legend’s musical partners ...
NPR

Chick Corea And Béla Fleck On The Joys (And Challenges) Of Collaborating

One is a legendary pianist and NEA Jazz Master, who began his career in Miles Davis' band and went on to shape the sound of jazz fusion with Return to Forever. The other is a world-renowned banjo ...
NPR

How the late jazz great Chick Corea is being remembered — in concert

Chick Corea is known as one of the most powerful pianists, composers, and bandleaders in the history of jazz. He earned 27 Grammy awards and blazed trails across bebop, straight-ahead, free jazz, ...
TheWrap

Chick Corea, Jazz Pianist Who Played With Miles Davis and Stan Getz, Dies at 79

Armando “Chick” Corea, the Grammy Award-winning pianist who played alongside fellow jazz legends like Herbie Hancock, Stan Getz and Miles Davis, died Feb. 9. He was 79 years old. Corea’s death was ...
The Guardian

Chick Corea Akoustic Band: Live review – a remarkable feat of virtuosity and rapport

The late jazz great’s trio are captured in all their unplugged brilliance in this live recording from 2018 In the whole history of jazz, I can’t think of a piano, bass, drums trio that has played with ...
CBS News

Chick Corea, Jazz Great From Chelsea With 23 Grammys, Dies At 79

CHELSEA (CBS/AP) — Chick Corea, a towering jazz pianist from Chelsea with a staggering 23 Grammy Awards who pushed the boundaries of the genre and worked alongside Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, has ...
Los Angeles Times

Chick Corea, pioneering jazz pianist who helped define ‘fusion,’ dies at 79

Chick Corea, the Grammy-winning pianist and keyboardist whose work at the intersections of jazz, experimental music, funk, progressive rock and classical music with his band Return to Forever helped ...
Time

Remembering Chick Corea, An Endlessly Inquisitive Jazz Pioneer

“When people listen to our music, there are so many different ideas about what it is,” Chick Corea told TIME in 2011. “You can survey the audience from young to old…they’ll put it in a lot of ...
The Guardian

Chick Corea, Grammy-winning jazz musician, dies at 79

The composer, keyboardist and bandleader, who won 23 Grammy awards, has died of a rare form of cancer The jazz pioneer Chick Corea has died at the age of 79. According to a post on his Facebook page, ...