Chick Corea

Elected to the Hall of Fame
2010 Readers Poll

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    Pianist Sullivan Fortner is one of this year’s nominees for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.

    2025 Grammy Nominees Announced

    The official 2025 Grammy nominations have been announced with a slate of 94 categories. Here, we’ll focus on jazz and…

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    A deluge of posthumous Chick Corea releases focuses both on his Elektric Band forays as well as his classical leanings.

    Elektric Memories & More

    If Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea had done nothing more that what he produced during the 1970s, he would still be a…

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    Chick Corea’s Elektric Band heads up a stellar group of boxed sets.

    Holiday Hits!

    Looking for that perfect last-minute gift? There’s plenty to choose from in this year’s edition of the DownBeat…

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    Jon Batiste (center) performs at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards on April 3.

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    “In equal measure, he was super-disciplined and playfully childlike,” says Tim Garland.

    Chick Corea: Farewell To My Mentor

    EDITOR’s NOTE: Throughout an international career starting in the late 1980s, Tim Garland has become known as a…

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    Jon Batiste’s We Are garnered 12 Grammy nominations.

    Grammy Award Nominations Are Out

    The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the 2022 Grammy Awards. While there are plenty of potential…

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    Roy Hargrove enters the DownBeat Hall of Fame.

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    Robert Glasper

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    Saxophonist Camille Thurman, above, and the Darrell Green Quartet will reimagine the music of Burt Bacharach in June.

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    Corea was named Artist, Pianist and Keyboardist of the Year for the final time in the 69th Annual DownBeat Critics Poll.

    Chick Corea: Final Curtain Call

    Editor’s Note: This article is from the August 2021 DownBeat Critics Poll issue.

    At the time of this writing,…

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    Carla Bley, the critics’ choice for the DownBeat Hall of Fame

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    Chick Corea, the lost Blindfold Test

    Blindfold Test: Chick Corea

    Thelonious Monk took the Blindfold Test only once, and the results were published in the April 21, 1966, issue of…

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    Triology 2 received the Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.

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    Christian McBride (left), Corea and Jack DeJohnette recording McBride’s Number 2 Express in 1995.

    How Chick Corea Changed Lives

    Chick Corea’s passing reverberated through the jazz world with a multigenerational outpouring for an artist seen as…

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    Claudia Acuña will perform on March 6 in honor of International Women’s Day.

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    Chick Corea (1941-2021)

    In Memoriam: Chick Corea

    Chick Corea, one of the most beloved and decorated jazz artists in history, passed away Feb. 9. He was 79.

    In a post…

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    The Le Boeuf Brothers are set to stream a Tuesday performance.

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    ​Top row from left: Nduduzo Makhathini (Photo: Nailah Makhathini); Brandee Younger and Dezron Douglas at their home in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City (Photo: Courtesy of Artists); Chick Corea (Photo: Toshi Sakurai, Courtesy Chick Corea Productions). ​Bottom row from left: Christian McBride (Photo: R. Andrew Lepley); Stanton Moore at his home in New Orleans (Photo: Lauren Del Rio); Wolfgang Muthspiel and his 4-year-old daughter, Flora, at their home in Vienna (Photo: Courtesy of Artist); Kris Davis (Photo: ©Caroline Mardok).

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    Chick Corea is set to issue the double album Plays (Concord Jazz) on Aug. 28.

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    Miles Davis performs in Copenhagen, Denmark, during 1969—not long after recording Bitches Brew, which was released 50 years ago.

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    Hiromi’s diverse discography includes collaborations with pianist Chick Corea and harpist Edmar Castaneda.

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    Pianists Chick Corea (left) and Chucho Valdés (foreground) perform during their first duo concert on Nov. 15 in the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.

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    Fifty years ago, Manfred Eicher co-founded Edition of Contemporary Music, better known as ECM, and has issued more than 1,600 titles spanning jazz and classical sounds.

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    Chick Corea’s Trilogy, which also includes bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade, are set to play the 2019/20 Symphony Center Presents Jazz series in Chicago on Nov. 1.

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    Pianist Chick Corea, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade follow their 2014 recording with Triology 2, a two-disc live set due out Oct. 4.

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    Terence Blanchard performs with his E-Collective ensemble during the Umbria Jazz Festival, which ran July 11–21 in Perugia, Italy.

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    Gary Burton says his artistic pursuits were based on intuition.

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    Dave McMurray (left), Esperanza Spalding, Ravi Coltrane and Terri Lyne Carrington pay tribute to the late Geri Allen at the 2018 Detroit Jazz Festival.

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    The Chick Corea Elektric Band will perform at Hollywood’s Catalina Jazz Club from May 30 to June 3. The quintet includes Corea (left), John Patitucci, Frank Gambale, Eric Marienthal and Dave Weckl.

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    Pianist Chick Corea is the artist-in-residence for the 39th annual Detroit Jazz Festival.

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    Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater was among the performers on Blue Note at Sea.

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    Frank Gambale onstage at the 2017 Uppsala International Guitar Festival in Sweden

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    Wynton Marsalis is the newest inductee in the DownBeat Hall of Fame.

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    Luisito Quintero (left), Chick Corea, Steve Wilson, Steve Gadd, Lionel Loueke and Carlitos Del Puerto performed a Sept. 19–30 residency at the Blue Note in New York.

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    Chick Corea performs at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival in Florida on May 28.

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    Chick Corea (left) with John McLaughlin at the Blue Note in New York City on Dec. 11

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    Béla Fleck & The Flecktones (top) and Chick Corea’s Elektric Band will join forces for a multi-city tour from Aug. 5–21, 2017.

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    Chick Corea, seen here performing at the Blue Note in New York on Oct. 27 as part of his 75th birthday residency.

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    Chick Corea is in the midst of a lengthy residency at the Blue Note in New York.

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    Chick Corea will celebrate his 75th birthday year with a tour of the U.S., Europe and Asia, culminating in an 80-day residency at the Blue Note in New York.

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    Joss Stone performs at the Molde Jazz Festival in Molde, Norway, on July 23.

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    Joey Alexander (left) and Chick Corea play a duet at the Rochester International Jazz Festival in Rochester, New York, on June 28.

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    In last year’s Readers Poll, pianist Chick Corea was voted the Jazz Artist of the Year. Will he repeat this year? Only our readers can decide.

    DownBeat Readers Poll Now Open

    Votes are pouring in for the 81st Annual DownBeat Readers Poll, which opened on July 1. Readers will vote in 34…

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    Geri Allen (left), Benny Green, Taylor Eigsti, Kenny Barron, Marcus Roberts, Joe Lovano, McCoy Tyner and Chick Corea at SFJAZZ in San Francisco on June 19.

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    Ola Kvernberg will serve as artist-in-residence of the 2016 Molde Jazz Festival, which takes place from July 18–23 in Molde, Norway.

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    Chick Corea (left), Christian McBride and Brian Blade perform during the Tri-C Jazz Festival in Cleveland on June 24.

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    As part of his lengthy residency at the Blue Note this fall, Chick Corea (left) will perform on Oct. 19–23 with his Elektric Band.

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    Dee Dee Bridgewater (left) Esperanza Spalding, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, President Obama and Kurt Elling celebrate International Jazz Day in Washington, D.C., April 29.

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    Christian McBride (left), Brian Blade, Aretha Franklin and Herbie Hancock rehearse for the International Jazz Day concert in Washington, D.C., on April 29.

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    Chick Corea (left) performs with Stefon Harris during a tribute concert to the 2016 NEA Jazz Masters at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on April 4

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    Chick Corea will perform at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival in Rochester, New York, on June 28.


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