Chick Corea
Chick Corea.
Chick Corea artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Concerts
May 2, 2013 Joe Lovano, Chick Corea, Esperanza Spalding and more take the glimmering venue on its maiden voyage.
May 17, 2012 Hear a charged acoustic set featuring the near-reunion of the fusion pioneers in Return to Forever.
July 9, 2009 The three masters ride jazz improvisation into new orbits with splashes of vaudeville and circus.
Studio Sessions
January 18, 2013 Corea solos on "Monk's Mood" and joins Marian McPartland for an evocative version of "Spain."
December 20, 2011 The heavily decorated pianist is busier than ever. Hear his in-studio performance at KPLU.
September 26, 2008 Marian McPartland plays the Fender Rhodes with Corea in a session recorded at his studio in 1987.
June 29, 2007 The two musicians recently sat down for an interview and in-studio performance.
Interviews & Profiles
June 23, 2011 The keyboardist picked five songs to tell the history of his reunited band Return To Forever.
June 29, 2007 The two musicians recently sat down for an interview and in-studio performance.
Discover Songs
November 25, 2008 This year's best jazz albums encourage enthusiasm and optimism about the state of music.
May 27, 2008 Arturo O'Farrill, leader of the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, picks his five desert-island jazz albums.
News
Reviews
May 13, 2010 A series of vintage Corea solo piano improvisations has been reissued as a three-CD box set.
More Stories
December 14, 2009 Hear bluegrass players interpret jazz songs, and hear jazz players apply their chops to bluegrass.
February 2, 2009 Miles Davis helped lead the way to a new direction in jazz. Hear five classic examples.
December 10, 2008 The year's best jazz CDs reach into the listener's world rather than demanding the opposite.
December 9, 2008 A look at 10 classical performers who are reviving the art of improv in both new and old music.














