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Road Journal

From Basel to Wroclaw: Photos from the Road

by ChickCorea March 28, 2011

Travel – moving – get to the gig – nice to drive rather than fly – Road Boys – – from Basel to Wroclaw:

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Good Morning from Basel

by ChickCorea March 27, 2011

[Chick writes from Basel, Switzerland, where he's on tour with Gary Burton.] Tonight I’m my own PR man. The concert was over-the-top tonight. The audience was unbelievably receptive. When we walked out on stage they gave the longest ovation I’ve ever gotten. Also the concert went very, very well — the piano was fantastic and [...]

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Return to Forever IV: First Photos from Australian Tour

by coreacrew February 16, 2011

Return to Forever IV is now on tour in Australia, prepping for the rest of their 2011 World Tour. Meanwhile, take a look at photos from Down Under!

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Stocking Up at Amoeba Music, Los Angeles

by ChickCorea February 6, 2011

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

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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