Chick Corea - Notes From the Road

Hello People-Who-Came-to-the-Website-and-are-Reading-this-Little-Story-of-a-Tour
I was told that a few people who read my first entry of Notes From The Road were somewhat entertained—this encourages me enough that I’ll endeavor to plod on and relate a few more on-the-scene tidbits.

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Ready to eat…or maybe not. Read on.
First, a plea to any hotel manager on my tour itinerary that might stumble across this note: Please feed the hungry musicians! And the way you can do this is to keep your restaurant open at the times when we’re likely to want something to eat.
It […]

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Where’s Lenny?
For example, there were the last two nights in Marciac, one the the oldest jazz festivals in Europe. In this little town of 1,000 people amid the vineyards of Southern France, the festival celebrated its 30th year presenting jazz.
The night before my duet performance with Gary Burton, I went to the concert stage […]

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Now I’m taking a short break while I prepare for the next Jaunt to beloved Japan this September. My thanks to the Japanese for being some of the most caring Keepers of Jazz on the planet.
I’ll be tucked in at the Tokyo Blue Note for ten days, with three separate performances over the course of […]

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Universe of two. Chick and Béla Fleck
Lastly, I’d like to try to articulate a new realization I had after these last fulfilling months of performances, including my duets with Béla Fleck and Gary Burton. In a few idle Road Moments, I began to ponder the concept of duet playing—I’ve been doing a […]

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One of the hippest guys in the universe–Ornette Coleman

Fuzzy picture of Chick and Elvis Costello backstage at a Sly and the Family Stone concert at North Sea Jazz Festival

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