Musical virtuosity is a means to an end, not an end unto itself. Chick Corea, the veteran jazz artist (and inarguable virtuoso) understands this truism. Performing on solo piano at Blues Alley on ...

Pianist, composer and NEA Jazz Master Chick Corea is one of the most creative and inventive musicians in jazz today. On this episode of Piano Jazz... Chick Corea On Piano Jazz Keyboard player and ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jazz pianist and composer Chick Corea poses for a portrait in Clearwater, Fla., on Sept. 4, 2020, to promote his new double album ...

From flights of sublime abstraction with Miles Davis to virtuoso jazz fusion, Corea’s artistry was irresistible to the last A certain melodic sparkle and an irresistible rhythmic vitality were the ...

Originally classified as a percussion device, the piano these days is also generally considered a stringed instrument and, certainly under the right hands, those eighty-eight keys have the ability to ...

Chick Corea, the virtuosic keyboardist who broadened the scope of jazz during a career spanning more than five decades, died on Tuesday from a rare form of cancer. A post on his Facebook page ...

Chick Corea, the jazz great who played in Miles Davis' band before creating a name for himself by composing his own jazz standards and pioneering new sounds on the piano, died Tuesday at age 79. By ...

Corea, who died Feb. 9, had a strong melodic sense and a crisp, distinctive touch at the keyboard. Looking back, it's easy to hear why he was among the most beloved of modern improvising composers.

Keyboard player and composer Chick Corea was born Armando Anthony Corea in Chelsea, Mass., on June 12, 1941. His father, a Dixieland trumpet player, introduced Corea to jazz at an early age. By the ...