Corea, Clarke & White to Play Hollywood Bowl
w/ Special Guests Chaka Khan, Jean-Luc Ponty and Bill Connors!
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Corea, Clarke & White to Play Hollywood Bowl
Joining CCW on Sept. 2:
- Chaka Khan, master vocalist
- Jean-Luc Ponty, violin virtuoso
- Bill Connors, original Return to Forever guitarist
Corea, Clarke & White's debut at the Hollywood Bowl, with Connors onboard, will mark the first appearance of RTF's original electric lineup since 1974, when they recorded the watershed album Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy.
Khan (featured on a 1982 Lenny White-produced project, Echoes of an Era, with Corea, Clarke, White, tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson and trumpeter Freddie Hubbard) is expected to perform some of her own hits along with Return to Forever classics.
Ponty (a key collaborator on Corea’s 1976 classic My Spanish Heart, and with Clarke on 1995’s Rite of Strings) will lend his virtuosic violin playing to the mix.
“Each one of these very special friends is so important in our musical lives,” says Corea. “Jean-Luc, who helped carve the music of the now legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra in its second incarnation, will join the trio to perform, among other songs, ‘Armando's Rhumba’ from My Spanish Heart. And we’re very excited to have our old buddy and RTF’s original guitarist, Billy Connors, join us to perform ‘After the Cosmic Rain’ and other songs. And finally, the amazing Chaka Khan will be there to spark the band into who knows what spheres.”
Pick up tickets for the Hollywood Bowl show here!
View CCW's complete tour schedule here!
After a banner year in 2008, this year Chick Corea has succeeded with another whirlwind of significant accomplishments. An NEA Jazz Master and a legendary pianist/keyboardist with an expansive résumé replete with musical triumphs over the course of his four-decade-plus career, Corea has once again indefatigably distinguished himself.
He toured internationally with old bandmates and new (from the reunion of seminal fusion band Return to Forever to the co-founding of Five Peace Band with guitarist John McLaughlin), delivered a full slate of recordings (including the double-album Duet with pianist Hiromi and live sets documenting both RTF and FPB concerts), embarked on bold solo adventures (a tour in Europe that also featured duets with Italian pianist Stefano Bollani) and garnered renewed recognition (including the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Album, The New Crystal Silence, the live duo project with Gary Burton).
A prolific composer and innovative artist par excellence, Corea has explored an extensive range of music. Best known for his grand contributions to the jazz library (the full spectrum of idioms from acoustic to electric, bebop to avant-garde), he has also delved successfully into classical (including concertos with symphony orchestras) and Latin (winning a Latin Grammy for his collaboration with banjoist Béla Fleck, The Enchantment).
“Creating music is my lifeblood … and having completely different ways of approaching music keeps things interesting for me,” says Corea, who adds, “I’ve managed to avoid falling into the habit of doing the same thing over and over again.”
Inspired by working with RTF members Stanley Clarke (bass) and Lenny White (drums), Corea has reunited with them as a trio for a worldwide tour, beginning at the Hollywood Bowl Sept. 2, continuing in Europe (Oct.-Nov.) and concluding in Japan (Nov.-Dec.) and Singapore (Dec. 5). See all tour dates here.
Chick can also be found to be giving Cheap Advice on his blog, Notes from the Road.
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