This is FRESH AIR. Pianist and composer Chick Corea's interests stretched beyond jazz into classical music. In 2018, three years before his death at the age of 79, he gave a concert in Sardinia that ...
SEATTLE — At 66, Chick Corea shows no signs of slowing down. The ultra-prolific, master jazz pianist recently returned from a three-week tour of Europe with banjo icon Bela Fleck. Currently, he’s on a ...
The jazz composer wrote a new concerto for the New York Philharmonic’s principal trombonist, Joseph Alessi, but died before its U.S. premiere. By Anastasia Tsioulcas An eclectic array of musicians ...
In 2018, three years before his death, the pianist and composer gave a concert in Sardinia that included both Mozart and George Gershwin. A live... Chick Corea renders Mozart with daring and ...