Amazing Chick Corea tribute: Celebrating Chick Corea Final Spain

FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022
ROSE THEATER
CELEBRATING CHICK COREA
The late, legendary pianist and composer Chick Corea found endless delight in creating and uncovering -- and discovering -- new musical wonders. Corea’s restless spirit guided a career that spanned nearly six decades, earned 24 Grammy Awards and 60 nominations, and blazed new compositional trails across the terrain of jazz music and beyond; contributing hundreds of songs -- many of which are considered standards -- to jazz, jazz fusion, avant-garde, Latin jazz, children's music, and classical progressive rock.

This evening—under the musical direction of his longtime bandmate, bassist John Patitucci-The Jazz community paid tribute to the iconic artist with guest performances by an A-list of Corea’s past collaborators and band members from both his acoustic and electric explorations.
The all-star lineup paying tribute to Corea included: Music Director John Patitucci; singer and activist Rubén Blades; flutists Hubert Laws and Ted Nash; pianists Herbie Hanckok (surprise guest)Renee Rosnes, Billy Childs, Geoffrey Keezer, and Robert Rodriguez; guitarists Yotam Silberstein and Adam Rogers; bassists Christian McBride and Carlos Henriquez; drummers Steve Gadd, Dave Weckl, Brian Blade, and Antonio Sanchez; percussionist Luisito Quintero; trumpeter Mike Rodriguez; trombonist Steve Davis; and saxophonists Eric Marienthal and Chris Potter. The evening also included a reunion performance by the members of Corea's Grammy-nominated Elektric Band, featuring Marienthal, Patitucci, Weckl, and Keezer, joined by Rogers. The musicians were joined by Corea's longtime recording engineer, Bernie Kirsh, who mixed sound for the concert.