Chick Corea News

Yamaha announced that Kevin 'K.O.' Olusola, cellist and beat-boxer for the Grammy Award-winning vocal quintet Pentatonix, has joined the Yamaha Artist roster. He is currently playing an SVC-110SK Silent Cello on tour with the group.

Patricia Clark y Adalberto Cevasco Trio presentan en Fulanita de Tal (C/ Regueros 9, Madrid) el 25 de Abril a las 21:30 su nuevo CD, 'Made in Spain'

Weill Hall and the Green Music Center (GMC) at Sonoma State University (SSU) announced its 2015–16 season today, with concerts in Weill Hall, Schroeder Hall, and through the summer at Weill Hall + Lawn. The season comprises the MasterCard Performance Series — 39 concerts on the stage of the 1,400-seat Weill Hall, featuring a roster of internationally renowned stars from the genres of classical music, 2 world music, jazz and pop — leading off with a Gala Opening Night performance by piano superstar Lang Lang; the Summer 2015 MasterCard Performance Series, which takes place with seating both indoors in Weill Hall and on the spacious Weill Lawn featuring an array of contemporary music; and 24 concerts in 240- seat Schroeder Hall, including the popular Sundays At Schroeder series plus three new offerings — a fiveday, nine-concert GMC ChamberFest 2015, led by Jeffrey Kahane, a new Saturday Cabaret four-concert series, and four performances with Musicians from Valley of the Moon Music Festival, featuring early music performed on period instruments by leading Bay Area musicians.

The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is proud to welcome jazz legends Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea to the Academy of Music tonight, April 11 at 8 p.m. as part of the Kimmel Center's Philadelphia Jazz Appreciation Month programming.

Tonight, April 9 at 8:00 p.m., legendary jazz pianists Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea -- two artists who share more than forty years of professional and personal history -- reunite at Carnegie Hall for a rare and intimate performance in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage.

The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is proud to welcome jazz legends Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea to the Academy of Music on Saturday, April 11 at 8p.m. as part of the Kimmel Center's Philadelphia Jazz Appreciation Month programming.

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts ('The Wallis') presents SFJAZZ Collective: The Music of Joe Henderson & Original Compositions for one performance only, April 19, 2015 at 7:00 pm, in the Bram Goldsmith Theater. During the concert, SFJAZZ Collective's debut at The Wallis, the group will pay tribute to legendary saxophonist and composer Joe Henderson with new arrangements of his classic pieces from his early Blue Note years through his resurgence on Verve Records in the 1990s, in addition to performing new, original pieces. On March 10, the group released SFJAZZ Collective: Music of Joe Henderson and New Compositions, Live at SFJAZZ Center, recorded last October at the group's home base - the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco. A selection of this recording was broadcast recently on NPR's Jazz Night in America.

2014 proved to be a landmark year for drummer/composer/bandleader Antonio Sánchez. Long one of the most acclaimed and in-demand drummers of his generation

Ramsey Lewis, the iconic jazz great and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Award winner, brings his 50th Anniversary performance of "The 'In' Crowd" and "Hang on Ramsey" to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's James K. Polk Theater on Saturday, April 25 at 8:00 p.m.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is proud to present the fifth annual Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival (PJLIF) on June 19 - 21, 2015.

On Thursday, April 9 at 8:00 p.m., legendary jazz pianists Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea -- two artists who share more than forty years of professional and personal history -- reunite at Carnegie Hall for a rare and intimate performance in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage.

Elio Villafranca brings an all-star band with special guest Jon Faddis into The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center this weekend, February 20-21 for the world premiere of 'Cinque - Music of the Caribbean.'

The Pittsburgh Cultural trust announced that the three-time Grammy nominated Cuban timba group Tiempo Libre will perform tonight, February 18 at 7:30 pm at the Byham Theater (101 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222) as part of the Cohen & Grigsby TRUST PRESENTS Series.

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents an exclusive concert reuniting two of jazz and contemporary music's most influential icons, and multi-GRAMMY-Award winners, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock, Sunday, March 15 at 7pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall. The concert will be preceded by a pre-concert talk about the history of Corea and Hancock's collaboration with the Director of the UBC School of Journalism Peter Klein, at 6:15pm in the Royal Bank Cinema.

The Pittsburgh Cultural trust announced today that the three-time Grammy nominated Cuban timba group Tiempo Libre will perform on Wednesday, February 18 at 7:30 pm at the Byham Theater (101 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222) as part of the Cohen & Grigsby TRUST PRESENTS Series.

Elio Villafranca brings an all-star band with special guest Jon Faddis into The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center on February 20-21 for the world premiere of 'Cinque - Music of the Caribbean.'

January brings a full roster of live jazz to downtown Phoenix. Highlights include a free concert, Hot Dogs and Jazz, to kick off our new Family Series, several Latin Jazz performances to heat up the new year and the incredible Rodney Whitaker Quartet. Sunday Jam Sessions continue each Sunday evening, as well as mainstream and contemporary jazz concerts each weekend.

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts presents a variety of performances for January-February. Check out the listings below! For more information, call 702-749-2000 or visit www.TheSmithCenter.com.

The Kimmel Center adds six new shows with a power house list of comedy, soul, folk, rock, and jazz performers into the New Year. New artists added to 2014-15 line-up include: