![]() ![]() “Does everyone have to like what I like? No. He hopes his students will explore their freedom of expression and think for themselves. He’s also started teaching online, creating the Chick Corea Academy to offer his views on music and share the opinions of others, take questions and chat with guests. And that’s how my music comes out,” he says. “I get interested in something and then I follow that interest. It just got encrusted a little bit.”Ĭorea lately has also kept busy with two commissions: A trombone concerto for the New York Philharmonic and a percussion concerto for the Philadelphia Orchestra. It’s something that is within all of us buried somewhere. “And he’s got that naive, beautiful openness to everyone and everything. “So when I take that onstage and I mix it together, it’s totally natural to me. My love for Stevie Wonder and Miles Davis is now,” he said. Their music is alive to him now, regardless the era they performed. The new double album is a peek into Corea’s musical heart, containing songs he wrote about children decades ago as well as tunes by Mozart, Thelonious Monk and Stevie Wonder, among others. ![]() He’s recorded and performed classical music, standards, solo originals, Latin jazz and tributes to great jazz pianists. He’s worked on many other projects, including duos with Hancock and vibraphonist Gary Burton. He formed his own avant-garde group, Circle, and then founded Return to Forever. ![]() In 1968, he replaced Herbie Hancock in Miles Davis' group, playing on the landmark albums In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew. ![]() So it’s a constant experiment.”Ĭorea has earned his right to do whatever he wants, with a staggering 23 Grammy Awards. “I can just switch gears and go to another direction or go to another song or whatever I want to do. “Like a runner loves to run because it just feels good, I like to play the piano just because it feels good,” he says. He’s been playing solo piano shows since 1971 and likes the purity of it. Two such vivid portraits are included on his new double album Plays, which captures Corea at various concerts armed simply with his piano. ![]()
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