Chick Corea
The Musician
Concord, 2017
May 10th, 2017
From last October 19th to December 11th Chick Corea celebrated his 75th birthday at Blue Note, New York, with a long series of concerts, by retracing the great repertoire of his long lasting career, together with his friends: in quartet with Return To Forever (Stanley Clarke, Lenny White and Frank Gambale), in trio with Gary Peacock and Brian Blade, with the Five Piece Band (John McLaughlin, Kenny Garrett, John Patitucci and Brian Blade), with the Elektrik Band (Frank Gambale, Eric Marienthal, John Patitucci and Dave Weckl), with the Flamenco Heart Band, with the Tribute From Miles (Wallace Roney, Gary Bartz, Eddie Gomez and Jack DeJohnette) and in duo with Bobby McFerrin, Gary Burton, Herbie Hancock and Marcus Roberts. Concord is now issuing a triple CD with the best of the concerts.