Welcome to the 10th Aniversary of Made In Corea. I’m always so honored by the care and depth which Jarle, Ola, Fredrik and Erik arrange and present my compositions. I don’t know of another composer who is so honored as I am. These four wonderful musicians have performed aspects of my compositions that I never thought other musicians would try. …
Frank Gambale Joins Jazz-Rock Giants Return to Forever for Australian Tour
Native Australian Guitar Virtuoso Joins Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White; Violin Legend Jean-Luc Ponty Also On Board Frank Gambale, a native of Canberra and one of the most universally acclaimed guitarists in any genre, returns to his homeland in Feb. 2011 as the newest member of Return to Forever. Return to Forever, jazz-rock’s venerable pioneering outfit, has chosen …
Artist Spotlight Video Series #4: Roy Haynes
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 with Roy, and they’ve been …
Artist Spotlight Video Series #3: Christian McBride
Christian is an undisputed virtuoso on the bass, both acoustic and electric, and he’s been on the road with Chick in three huge bands in the last two years: the Five Peace Band, the Freedom Band, and the Corea + McBride + Blade trio.
Stefano Bollani: Artist Spotlight Video Series #2
Chick Corea and Stefano Bollani are on tour this month: August 27: Ischia, Italy September 8: Milan, Italy September 9: Torino, Italy