Jazz at Lincoln Center will honor the music and legacy of late jazz master, Chick Corea, with Celebrating Chick Corea in Rose Theater on Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16 at 8:00 PM. Directed by Corea’s longtime bandmate, bassist John Patitucci, the concerts will bring together collaborators and band members from throughout Corea’s nearly six-decade musical career.
The all-star lineup paying tribute to Corea, performing some of his most popular and influential compositions, spanning genres of straight-ahead jazz, jazz fusion, avant-garde, Latin jazz, classical progressive rock and more, will include Patitucci; singer and activist Rubén Blades; flutists Hubert Laws and Ted Nash; pianists 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 includes a reunion performance by the members of Corea’s Grammy-nominated Elektric Band, featuring Marienthal, Patitucci, Weckl, and Keezer, joined by Rogers. The musicians will be joined by Corea’s longtime recording engineer, Bernie Kirsh, who will mix sound for the concert.
Corea passed away in February 2021, leaving behind a legacy as a composer, performer, and bandleader whose work inspired generations of musicians. He was a frequent guest of Jazz at Lincoln Center, performing with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and as a soloist, as well as curating shows at Dizzy’s Club and The Appel Room. In 2013, Jazz at Lincoln Center recognized Corea’s monumental contributions to jazz with a week-long festival dedicated to his music, placing him in the company of legendary performers including John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Charlie Parker, and making him the only living artist in JALC’s history to receive this honor.
Tickets for Celebrating Chick Corea are available for purchase via jazz.org/chickcorea.
Frederick P. Rose Hall, the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, is located on Broadway at 60th Street in New York, New York.
