This 12th annual edition of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute Summit, a virtual concert thanks to the pandemic, explored a wide range of compositions by … Read More “12th Berklee Global Jazz Institute Summit: A Tribute to Chick Corea and Ralph Peterson (YouTube)”
The late, legendary pianist and composer Chick Corea found endless delight in creating and uncovering — and discovering — new musical wonders. Corea’s restless spirit … Read More “Celebrating Chick Corea at Jazz at Lincoln Center in NYC”
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Vibraphonist Terry Gibbs, 97 and finally retired from playing after eight decades, embodies all the fun of the era that created him. Whether as a … Read More “Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios: Songs from My Father (Whaling City Sound)”
There was an unmistakable feeling of conviviality in the air when Chick Corea reconvened his Akoustic Band in January 2018 for a concert at the … Read More “Chick Corea Akoustic Band: LIVE (Concord Jazz)”
Within the last 18 months, Chick Corea has released albums with an eight-piece Latin ensemble (Antidote with the Spanish Heart Band) and a trio (Trilogy … Read More “Chick Corea: Plays (Concord)”
The temperature was hot, but the jazz was cool at the Concord Jazz Festival on Saturday, August 3. At the Concord Pavilion, an outdoor venue … Read More “Live Review: 2019 Concord Jazz Festival”
When you have made many trips to Perugia, Italy for the Umbria Jazz Festival, you never get a sense of which years are bigger than … Read More “Live Review: 46th Umbria Jazz Festival”
In Switzerland, a snowman effigy called a Böögg is burned and exploded at the stake as a way of marking winter’s end and predicting the fortitude … Read More “Live Review: 2018 Detroit Jazz Festival”
The Musician is a triple-CD epic (and epoch) summary of Chick Corea’s work. And yet it’s not a greatest-hits album, or even a greatest-hits-live album … Read More “Chick Corea: The Musician (Concord Jazz)”
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