Chick Corea

TOUR: Béla Fleck & Chick Corea Announce Dual Bill Tour

CELEBRITY ACCESS — Jazz legend Chick Corea and the Elektric Band are teaming up with Béla Fleck & the Flecktones for a rare dual bill tour of North America next year.

The tour will hit the road with dates starting on August 5th and running through August 21st.

Both groups are touring in their original configurations, with the Flecktones consisting of Victor and Roy “Futureman” Wooten on Bass and Drumitar respectively, as well as Howard Levy on the mouth harp and keyboards.

Chick Corea will be supported with his entire classic Elektroband quintet on stage: John Patitucci (Bass), Frank Gambale (Guitar), Eric Marienthal (Saxophone), and Dave Weckl (Drums).

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Stay tuned to this space for future announcements and news about this incredible, once-in-a-lifetime tour!

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REVIEW: Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock: Music that Will Live in the Memory

On paper it looked a winning formula: two of the most admired and influential jazz pianists of the last half century, two grand pianos and a wide musical sky. The possible blot was that Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock have clocked up at least a dozen Australian tours between them, and both have run hot and cold. Would the two-piano format propel them toward their brilliant best or drag them into those occasional mires of mediocrity that hardly tax the memory afterwards?

Read the full article on THE SYNDEY MORNING HERALD
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FEATURE: Chick Corea: Still Chasing Musical Adventures

At 73, it is inevitable that Chick Corea would be moving ever higher on the forever shifting list of Greatest Living Jazz Musicians. Of course, such a definitive list doesn’t exist, except in the minds of individual jazz fans and musicians. But, at this point in his life, Corea has to be close to the pinnacle of such a list, and for millions of people around the world, he may in fact be sitting at the top.

“It’s all a matter of one’s viewpoint and ability to live in the present moment. It’s amazing what possibilities we can conjure.”

Read the full article on SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL
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