Chick Corea - Notes From the Road

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 three days each.

Chick & Hiromi give thumbs up to an upcoming CD together

I’m looking forward to making some more music with an incredible young Japanese pianist who has been making her creative marks felt all over throughout these past few years. I first met Hiromi when she was in her mid-teens, when she was presented to me by Yamaha Artist Relations as an amazing young talent—and so she was! I heard no more about her until Shuji Kodaka, my Japanese concert organizer, had me listen to a CD of this creative young pianist’s work, thinking some duet piano music between us could come about. And so it did—we performed last summer at the Tokyo Jazz Festival, and it went so well that we decided to make a recording of our duet. So the first three days of the Tokyo Blue Note will be recorded and will turn into Hiromi’s and my first duo piano CD.

With Antonio Sanchez and John Patitucci

After that I’ll be regrouping my trio with John Patitucci and Antonio Sanchez, and we’ll be playing the new music we just recorded in my home studio as part of the “5 Trios” project (to be released first in Japan only).

Finally Béla Fleck and I will play our new duet music for Japanese audiences for the first time.