Chick Corea News

Bobby McFerrin and Chick Corea perform at the 2008 Gilmore International Keyboard Festival.

BIRDLAND: Dominick Farinacci shows off some of the trumpeting skills that made him famous when he was only 15 years old.

The rain did nothing to keep thousands of Stevie Wonder fans from seeing the 22-time Grammy-Award winning pianist and singer at his free outdoor performance to open the Montreal International Jazz Festival on Tuesday night.

LINDA EAST BRADY Standard-Examiner staff AUDIO: "The Hard Way" by Kirby Heyborne AUDIO: "Machines Are Only Human" by The Bozwell Incident AUDIO: "Nocturnal Parliament" by Labcoat AUDIO: "Street Cellist" by Adam Ward Summertime ties in fine with good music, whether it's appreciated sitting on a blanket at an outdoor venue, blasting from the speakers ...

Guitarist Al Di Meola . Fleet-fingered guitar virtuoso Al Di Meola enlivens the Nathan Phillips Square mainstage tonight, as the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival rolls onward.

Ashante Infantry Pop & Jazz Critic Nearly a decade after their last visit, eminent guitarist Al Di Meola is back with his World Sinfonia to perform at the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival tonight.

THIS venue has undergone many transformations over the years, but the former cinema and bingo hall is now firmly a rock venue.

Erkan Ogur will be one of the performers at the Istanbul Jazz Festival. ISTANBUL Summer means jazz festivals are sprouting up all over Europe, but only in Istanbul does that mean enjoying cool sounds under the hot Turkish sun aboard a boat on the Bosporus.

World-class jazz is coming to St. Charles. At 8 p.m. Saturday, Baker Memorial United Methodist Church will present a special concert of jazz and classical music featuring two renowned musicians from the United Kingdom.

Following sell-out concerts in Rochester and Chicago, the Lighthouse Trio finish their mini-US tour in Los Angeles, California: Tim Garland's Lighthouse Trio Monday, June 29th 8PM $15 Catalina Bar & Grill 6725 Sunset Blvd.

As a precocious teenager, Al Di Meola cut his musical teeth playing guitar with Chick Corea's pioneering electric band Return to Forever, which he joined in 1974.

Her manic trills and runs project an admirable derangement, but in her native Japan , composer/keyboardist Hiromi is as famous for her coolly composed style as her gold records and jazz fest victories.

Anoushka Shankar, above, and Ravi Shankar will perform as part of a series of concerts to showcase Koerner Hall.

June 12 1941 Legendary jazz keyboardist/composer Chick Corea is born in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

Do you live for that big slappin' electric bass solo at every concert? I hope you were at the Eastman Theatre Saturday.

GARY BURTON/PAT METHENY/STEVE SWALLOW/ANTONIO SANCHEZ: Quartet Live! Gary Burton, vibraphone; Pat Metheny, guitar; Steve Swallow, electric bass; Antonio Sanchez, drums Concord Jazz CJA-31303-02 . 2009.

A young man returns home to discover his destiny as an artist in the rituals of "encoffinment" in a comic, but elegant, movie about family and fate.

All About Jazz is celebrating Chick Corea's birthday today! Chick Corea Considering the staggering volume of his recorded output over the past 40 years, it is no overstatement to call Chick Corea one of the most prolific composers of the second half of the 20th century.

By Adela M. Brito Superstar pairings often sound good on paper but don't always pan out in reality.

Glad to read someone of Larry Vuckovich's stature speak up about the San Francisco jazz-club scene back in the day.