For Painting

by ChickCorea on July 28, 2010

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I took these shots so I could have some nice landscapes to practice making watercolors.

This was our drive from Munich airport to Unterach, Austria. These are all taken with the iPhone. The filtered ones are done with the Toy Camera app.

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This is the Coliseum that I played with Roy Haynes, Gary Peacock and Joe Henderson in the early ’80s – - it’s the most intact Roman Coliseum of all of them. Rome was quite an empire – - they developed so much technology.

Nimes Coliseum

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So Nice in Nice

by ChickCorea on July 24, 2010

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[Chick writes from Nice, where John McLaughlin sat in with the Freedom Band.]

It was a blast playing with John again – - it was like the Four Peace Freedom Band with Roy Haynes on drums!

We jammed on “Someday My Price Will Come” and “Matrix” – - and then did some Rap Jamming for an encore – - that was wild!

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[Chick writes from Marseille, France, where he and Al Jarreau took the stage for an impromptu duet.]

Al is such a sweet hearted man. I love his rapport with the audience. He loves them and they love him – - his band is killin’!! I sat in on “Summertime” and “Spain” – a moment to be fondly remembered for a long time!

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A Walk in Perugia

by ChickCorea on July 19, 2010

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[Chick writes from Perugia, Italy.]

It’s nice to take a walk – - beautiful weather here!

Chick's photos from Perugia: 1

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Chick Meets Old Friends on the Road

by ChickCorea July 12, 2010

[Chick writes from the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, July 10.]
Old home week – -
That’s Dee Dee Bridgewater – – lots of fun – – she has a great band.
Nice seeing Herbie. Gave me his new CD.

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Chick Corea Freedom Band at the Gent Jazz Festival

by coreacrew July 11, 2010
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Backstage at the Blue Note: Chick, Eddie Gomez, John Scofield

by RussDavis May 17, 2010
John Scofield backstage at the Blue Not
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Let’s just say I asked you to make a list of the ten greatest artists of modern jazz. Who would you place on that list? Well, for me, Chick Corea and John Scofield would most certainly be on that list and at, or near, the very top.
Well, when Bill Rooney, Chick’s great manager, invited [...]

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A Birthday Concerto in the Spirit of Mozart

by ChickCorea February 16, 2010
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In the summer of ‘06 I got to realize a musical dream. I was commissioned to write a piece of music “In The Spirit Of Mozart” by the “Wiener Mozartjahr 2006″ – one of Mozart’s musical homes – and to premier it in Vienna, one of the most musical cities in the world.
The whole experience [...]

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Five Decades of Music In a One-Hour Interview

by RussDavis February 15, 2010

When I was told that Chick Corea would be given the Richard J. Bogomolny
National Service Award for his many contributions in virtually every style of ensemble music imaginable by Chamber Music America at their 2010 conference here in New York and that one of the various events celebrating Chick would be a one hour interview [...]

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