Chick Corea News

Bassist Mark Stoermer, singer Brandon Flowers and drummer Ronnie Vannucci of The Killers.

Chick Corea is a celebrated fusion pianist, keyboardist and composer whose work has molded modern jazz for more than five decades.

Jazz at Lincoln Center honors one of music's most timeless innovators, the fusion pioneer and social humanitarian Chick Corea, with the Chick Corea Festival.

He may be flying somewhat beneath the radar internationally, but in Norway, saxophonist Kjetil Moster has a vibrant career that ranges from the acoustic post-John Coltrane group The Core -whose Office Essentials made clear that the American tradition is a touchstone, at least to some, in the country's distinctive jazz scene-to ongoing work with the ... (more)

A celebration of Dave Brubeck's life and music turned into an ode to joy as family, friends and fans paid tribute to the groundbreaking pianist and composer who became the best known ambassador of jazz to the world.

Dave Brubeck's family and musician friends have paid tribute to the jazz legend's life and music at a special celebration held at a New York City cathedral.

Maybe it's because he's a strings player, but the Israeli bassist, singer and composer Avishai Cohen revealed on this UK premiere how fine-tuned he is to what chamber players do best - in contrast to those jazz musicians who write for classical strings as if they just needed the usual riffs, but played on softer instruments.

May 7, 2013 - NEW YORK -- New York, NY--"A Celebration of the Life and Music of Dave Brubeck" will be held on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 4:00 P.M. at The Cathedral Church of St.

After last week's terrific performance by Georgia Strait Big Band, and the memorable Sunday night concert by the Canadian/American lineup, Tunnel Six, it's time for one of the exciting recent incarnations in the local jazz scene.

IN the mid-sixties Gary Burton - tall, long-haired and dressed in buckskins, broke away from the sober-suited side of jazz.

When ArtsQuest cut half its annual lineup of music festivals in December and significantly reduced others in belt-tightening moves, RiverJazz escaped unscathed.

At the third annual RiverJazz Festival in Bethlehem, which opens Thursday and runs through May 24, area jazz enthusiasts get their fix in abundance.

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Noodling gloriously, sax men Joe Lovano and Joshua Redman feel their way into the acoustics of a new space with "Blackwell's Message," named for the irresistible drumming of Ed Blackwell, who parlayed his New Orleans parade beat all over the world.

World renowned artists Mika and Richard Stoltzman return to Carnegie Hall for their much anticipated New Genre! Part 2 concert featuring eight world premiere works written and/or arranged specifically for them.

Summertime brings to town hot pop, jazz and classical concerts, outdoor festivals, sizzling movies and theater performances, and popular authors.

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The summer concert series expands to five weeks this year, with performances by Bernie Williams, Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band, Diane Reeves and Chick Corea, as well as the Brubeck Brothers Quartet, a group formed by Dan and Chris Brubeck, two of the sons of the late jazz pioneer and longtime Wilton resident Dave Brubeck.

In 1968, the group released "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs," one of the landmark jazz trio recordings of the past 50 years.

Through the decades, keyboardist Chick Corea has led a lot of different bands. To get a sense of how long he's been at it, consider that, in 1968, he recorded one of the greatest of all jazz trio records, "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs," with one of the greatest of all jazz drummers, Roy Haynes.