On entering the theatre of the Casino du Lac Leamy for pianist Chick Corea's eagerly anticipated show, the first surprise was that, along with the grand piano, there was both a Fender Rhodes and Moog ...

The 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival in the fall of 2009 helped kick off the return of Return to Forever, the stellar fusion band from the 1970s — now a trio with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny ...

He may be in his mid-sixties, but pianist Chick Corea hasn't slowed down in the least. In the past five years there's been a monumental three-week run at New York's Blue Note, focusing a bright light ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The three CDs of this pulsating acoustic piano trio release are taken from Corea’s extensive world tour with bassist ...

Chick Corea, now 73, has shown that his curiosity as well as his playing remain undimmed with genre-bending recent ventures such as his Vigil group. But plenty of Corea fans want nothing more than for ...

On Feb. 26, 2020, in Toulouse, France, Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade kicked off what was to be a 21-date European tour. This was the triumphant return of the Trilogy band, which had ...

Name any genre from fusion to avant-garde and Chick Corea, the jazz world’s master chameleon, has tried it and conquered it. Whatever direction the pianist, composer and band leader takes, his playing ...

For most of its recent tour, the Chick Corea Trio has opened its concerts with a seemingly ordinary tuning ritual. Corea plays a series of As in the piano’s middle register. Christian McBride adjusts ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chick Corea’s Trilogy combined the pianist’s lively intellect and masterly technique with the equally ...

It was the last in a run of live dates for the Chick Corea Trio, and the bandleader was in a loose and celebratory mood, smiling throughout, snapping selfies and engaging the audience at Xavier ...

As jazz trios go, the composite of the Chick Corea Trio is none short of legendary. On the July Fourth weekend, fans from the greater Philadelphia area had a chance to indulge in what was a superb ...

From hard bop to fusion, mischievousness to sensitivity, Corea’s wide-ranging catalogue lived at the vanguard of jazz The jazz pioneer Chick Corea died last week at the age of 79, leaving behind one ...