To judge by the latest whirlwind of activity, jazz great Chick Corea has no intention of slowing down after more than 50 years.
Saturday he led a tribute to Herbie Hancock in Washington, D.C. Sunday he was in a Manhattan studio recording with Roy Haynes, who, at 85, may be the world's greatest living jazz drummer.
Now the pianist and composer works with another legend, Wynton Marsalis, when he settles in for a three-night sojourn starting Thursday at Jazz at Lincoln Center at the Time Warner Center.
“For these concerts, some members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra are writing new arrangements of Chick's music. He's one of the great figures of music," says Marsalis, artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. “This opportunity to play his music develops our library, our arranging skills and gives us the occasion to play with an unbelievable musician."
“This will be Wynton's and my first chance to work on music together," says Corea. “I think it's going to be a blast."
Corea, born outside Boston, calls New York City his “spiritual home. ... That's where I connected with art and music and the thing I love to do and work on, and express myself with."
Saturday he led a tribute to Herbie Hancock in Washington, D.C. Sunday he was in a Manhattan studio recording with Roy Haynes, who, at 85, may be the world's greatest living jazz drummer.
Now the pianist and composer works with another legend, Wynton Marsalis, when he settles in for a three-night sojourn starting Thursday at Jazz at Lincoln Center at the Time Warner Center.
“For these concerts, some members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra are writing new arrangements of Chick's music. He's one of the great figures of music," says Marsalis, artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. “This opportunity to play his music develops our library, our arranging skills and gives us the occasion to play with an unbelievable musician."
“This will be Wynton's and my first chance to work on music together," says Corea. “I think it's going to be a blast."
Corea, born outside Boston, calls New York City his “spiritual home. ... That's where I connected with art and music and the thing I love to do and work on, and express myself with."
