Legendary keyboardist and composer Chick Corea will celebrate his 75th birthday with a two-month run at New York’s Blue Note beginning October 19 and running through December 12.
The 80-show run will find Corea leading 15 bands with over 60 musical collaborators with a certain group of shows taking on a particular theme such as The Chick Corea Electric Band, who will play October 19-23. The following week will find Corea paying tribute to Miles Davis with a “For Miles” themed show.
All tickets are available via the venue’s website. Check out the full musical schedule below.
October 19-23:
THE CHICK COREA ELEKTRIC BAND
Chick Corea (keyboards), Eric Marienthal (saxes),
Frank Gamble (guitar), John Patitucci (bass), Dave Weckl (drums)
October 26-30:
FOR MILES
Chick Corea (keyboards), Kenny Garrett (saxes), Wallace Roney (trumpet), Mike Stern (guitar), Marcus Miller (bass), Brian Blade (drums)
November 2-3:
THREE QUARTETS BAND
Chick Corea (piano), Steve Gadd (drums), Eddie Gomez (bass), Ben Solomon (sax)
November 4-6:
THE LEPRECHAUN BAND
Chick Corea (keyboards), Steve Gadd (drums), Gayle Moran Corea (vocals), Steve Wilson (sax & flute), Michael Rodriguez (trumpet), Steve Davis (trombone), Eddie Gomez (acoustic bass), TBA (electric bass)
November 9-10:
EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRONICA
Chick Corea (keyboards + computers), Marcus Gilmore (drums)
Leading Genre-Defying Electronic Explorers (TBA)
November 11 – 13:
CHICK’S FLAMENCO HEART
Chick Corea (keyboards), Jorge Pardo (sax & flute), Niño Josele (acoustic guitar), Carles Benevant (bass), Tom Brechtlein (drums), Luisito Quintero (percussion), Flamenco Dancer (TBA), Vocalist (TBA)
November 16-17:
THE CHICK COREA BIG BAND
Chick Corea (keyboards), Erlend Skomsvoll (arranger & conductor),the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra – 13-Piece Big Band (8 horns, guitar, bass & drums)
November 18-20:
CHICK COREA PIANO DUETS
November 22 & 23:
CHICK COREA & GARY BURTON with the Harlem String Quartet
Chick Corea (piano), Gary Burton (vibes),
Ilmar Gavilán (violin), Melissa White (violin),
Jaime Amador (viola), Felix Umansky (cello)
November 25-27:
ORIGIN II
Chick Corea (piano), Ravi Coltrane (sax),
Steve Wilson (sax & flute), Steve Davis (trombone),
Carlitos Del Puerto (bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums)
November 30 – December 4:
THE MUSIC OF RETURN TO FOREVER AND MORE (ACOUSTIC)
Chick Corea (keyboards), Ravi Coltrane (sax),
Hubert Laws (flute), Avishai Cohen (bass), Lenny White (drums)
December 8-12:
THE MUSIC OF RETURN TO FOREVER AND MORE (ELECTRIC)
Chick Corea (keyboards), John McLaughlin (guitar),
Victor Wooten (bass), Lenny White (drums)
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