On Sunday, February 8th, Chick Corea and Gary Burton, who have played and recorded as a duo, off and on, for 37 years, brought home the Grammy award in the category of Best Jazz Instrumental Album for The New Crystal Silence. This marks Coreas 15th Grammy win, and the fourth Grammy award as a duet for the Corea and Burton duo. Previously the duo won Grammys for the albums Duet (1978), Chick Corea and Gary Burton in Concert, Zurich, October 28, 1979 (1980), and for the track Rhumbata off Native Sense: The New Duets (1998).
Concord Records released The New Crystal Silence in celebration of the Corea-Burton duos 35th anniversary. Their serendipitous 1972 debut, Crystal Silence, not only forged the alchemic partnership, but also brought to notoriety the deep and insightful collaboration of the two virtuosic improvisers. After that first release, the pair recorded four more albums and have never skipped a year performing together. The New Crystal Silence is a double disc CD that features the pair performing with the Sydney Symphony and as a duet captured in a sublime performance at the Molde Jazz Festival in Molde, Norway.
The New Crystal Silence received international praise from fans and critics alike. A DownBeat review of the CD declared: Their fans will consider it an instant classic, joining the pantheon of beyond- criticism albums. MOJO gave the album 5 stars, calling it breathtaking.
Corea, who was named artist of the year in JazzTimes annual readers' poll, is currently working on his latest project with jazz-rock legend guitarist John McLaughlin, in the electro-acoustic Five Peace Band. Corea and McLaughlin collaborated in the late 1960s on Miles Davis' groundbreaking fusion album Bitches Brew.
Chick Corea is currently on tour with Five Peace Band, and the group plans to release a 2-disc CD later this year on Concord Records.
Chick Corea with Five Peace Band tour dates:
Chick Corea & John McLaughlin with Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett and Vinnie Colaiuta: March 2009
19
Los Angeles, CA
UCLA
20
Santa Barbara CA
Campbell Hall at UCSB
21
Berkeley, CA
Zellerbach Hall
24
Modesto, CA
Gallo Center for the Arts
25
Denver, CO
The Paramount Theatre
Chick Corea & John McLaughlin with Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett and Brian Blade:
March 2009
27
Miami, FL
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
28
Savannah, GA
Savannah Music Festival
29
Atlanta, GA
The Variety Playhouse
31
Dallas, TX
House of Blues
April 2009
1
Houston, TX
Verizon Wireless Theater
2
Austin, TX
Bass Concert Hall
3
Chicago IL
The Chicago Theatre
4
Ann Arbor, MI
Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan
6
Nashville, TN
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
7
Urbana IL
Krannert Center
23 - 25
New York, NY
Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center
26
Glenside, PA
The Keswick Theatre
28
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts
29
N. Bethesda, MD
The Music Center at Strathmore
30
Boston, MA
Berklee Performance Center
May 2009
1
Burlington, VT
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
Concord Records released The New Crystal Silence in celebration of the Corea-Burton duos 35th anniversary. Their serendipitous 1972 debut, Crystal Silence, not only forged the alchemic partnership, but also brought to notoriety the deep and insightful collaboration of the two virtuosic improvisers. After that first release, the pair recorded four more albums and have never skipped a year performing together. The New Crystal Silence is a double disc CD that features the pair performing with the Sydney Symphony and as a duet captured in a sublime performance at the Molde Jazz Festival in Molde, Norway.
The New Crystal Silence received international praise from fans and critics alike. A DownBeat review of the CD declared: Their fans will consider it an instant classic, joining the pantheon of beyond- criticism albums. MOJO gave the album 5 stars, calling it breathtaking.
Corea, who was named artist of the year in JazzTimes annual readers' poll, is currently working on his latest project with jazz-rock legend guitarist John McLaughlin, in the electro-acoustic Five Peace Band. Corea and McLaughlin collaborated in the late 1960s on Miles Davis' groundbreaking fusion album Bitches Brew.
Chick Corea is currently on tour with Five Peace Band, and the group plans to release a 2-disc CD later this year on Concord Records.
Chick Corea with Five Peace Band tour dates:
Chick Corea & John McLaughlin with Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett and Vinnie Colaiuta: March 2009
19
Los Angeles, CA
UCLA
20
Santa Barbara CA
Campbell Hall at UCSB
21
Berkeley, CA
Zellerbach Hall
24
Modesto, CA
Gallo Center for the Arts
25
Denver, CO
The Paramount Theatre
Chick Corea & John McLaughlin with Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett and Brian Blade:
March 2009
27
Miami, FL
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
28
Savannah, GA
Savannah Music Festival
29
Atlanta, GA
The Variety Playhouse
31
Dallas, TX
House of Blues
April 2009
1
Houston, TX
Verizon Wireless Theater
2
Austin, TX
Bass Concert Hall
3
Chicago IL
The Chicago Theatre
4
Ann Arbor, MI
Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan
6
Nashville, TN
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
7
Urbana IL
Krannert Center
23 - 25
New York, NY
Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center
26
Glenside, PA
The Keswick Theatre
28
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts
29
N. Bethesda, MD
The Music Center at Strathmore
30
Boston, MA
Berklee Performance Center
May 2009
1
Burlington, VT
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
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