From the monthly archives:

November 2010

Backstage Video: Chick & the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra

by coreacrew November 24, 2010

Here’s what you couldn’t see on stage! Recorded on the Nov. 2010 tour of Sweden and Norway, with Chick and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. The TJO joined Chick on his 2005 album Live in Molde.

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Chick Enters DownBeat Hall of Fame; Named Artist of the Year

by coreacrew November 22, 2010

Chick earned a spot among many of his jazz heroes this month, as the 2010 DownBeat Readers’ Poll elected him to the magazine’s Hall of Fame, and named him Artist of the Year and Electric Keyboardist of the Year. The Hall of Fame spot is rarely given to living jazz artists. 2010 has been an [...]

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A Classic, Reimagined: “Spain” by the Akoustic Band

by coreacrew November 17, 2010

“Spain” is probably Chick’s most-requested song, and the tune has been seen a lot of different interpretations—from intimate duets to big-band readings—since it debuted in 1972. On Chick’s Facebook page the other day, quite of few fans named this version as their favorite: the closing song on Akoustic Band, released in 1989. That’s John Patitucci [...]

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Artist Spotlight Video Series #4: Roy Haynes

by coreacrew November 16, 2010

Roy Haynes is a jazz legend of the first order. In a career spanning 7 decades, Roy has helped to write the story of modern jazz, drumming with Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and just about everyone else. Chick’s groundbreaking 1968 album Now He Sings, Now He Sobs was his first encounter [...]

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Poster: Chick Corea and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra

by coreacrew November 9, 2010

Here’s a really beautiful poster for Chick’s tour with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, which just wrapped up in Norway. Created “for fun, inspired by vintage jazz posters from the US,” by Uglylogo, a design firm based in Norway. The Trondheim Jazz Orchestra is the same brilliant big band featured on Chick’s 2005 album Live in [...]

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