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Road Journal

Stocking Up at Amoeba Music, Los Angeles

by ChickCorea February 6, 2011
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We stocked up on CDs and DVDs at @amoebamusic in LA. That place is wild! We need some entertainment to while away the 14-hour flight to Perth. Australia, here we come with Return to Forever IV!

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Return to Forever IV Prepares for Action

by RussDavis February 2, 2011
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The last two weeks of January 2011 have been quite a time for Chick Corea. First, he spent a week rehearsing about of a dozen of his finest compositions with Wynton Marsalis and his award-winning Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, who honored Chick by writing unique arrangements of his songs, then playing them with him [...]

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In Rehearsal: Chick, Wynton Marsalis and the
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

by coreacrew January 21, 2011

Chick joined Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra last night, for the first of three really fantastic shows. The big band took on some of Chick’s well-known tunes—like “Armando’s Rhumba” and “Windows”—plus some lesser-heard ones, like “Tones for Joan’s Bones” and “Children’s Song No. 10.” Here they are in rehearsal:

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Chick Honors Herbie Hancock at BET Ceremony

by coreacrew January 21, 2011

Left: Chick and Herbie Hancock at the BET Honors ceremony for Herbie. Look for the special to air on BET Feb. 21. (All photos by PictureGroup, courtesy of BET Networks.)

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Return to Forever IV: Wour Tour 2011

by coreacrew January 6, 2011

Return To Forever IV Comes Together: A Night To Remember in the Glorious History of Return to Forever There’ve been a lot of memorable nights since Chick Corea organized the first installment of Return to Forever, way back in the early ‘70s. Little could he have realized, those many years ago, that he was planting [...]

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Return to Forever IV: World Tour 2011 Press Release

by coreacrew January 6, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RETURN TO FOREVER IV, THE LATEST VERSION OF THE  INNOVATIVE JAZZ/ROCK ENSEMBLE, KICKS OFF ITS 2011 WORLD TOUR WITH AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND DATES The dynamic electro-acoustic band features RTF’s core players – keyboardist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White — with new members Jean-Luc Ponty on violin and [...]

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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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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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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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The Official Corea + McBride + Blade Tour T-shirt

by coreacrew October 23, 2010

Check out the official t-shirt for the Corea + McBride + Blade tour—which just wrapped up in the US, and heads to Japan next.

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