Chick Corea: Accomplishing the goal of art
Shortly before he died, the legendary jazz pianist and composer Chick Corea was writing a new Concerto for Jazz Trio. We follow his process as he works on the piece.
Chick Corea, one of the legendary figures of jazz, died in February this year. He was a pianist, a 23-times Grammy award winner and he played with all the jazz greats. He was also recognised the world over as a composer, with hits like 鈥淪pain鈥� and work ranging from bebop to fusion and symphonic works for classical players.
As a tribute, In The Studio is repeating a programme made about Chick which was first broadcast in November 2020. The programme begins in January 2020 when reporter Renata Sago started recording with Chick as he composed a new Trio Concerto for bass, drums and himself to premiere at the MUPA concert hall in Hungary鈥檚 capital Budapest in March. The pandemic meant that the premiere was later cancelled 鈥� but Covid-19 hadn鈥檛 slowed Chick down. He'd been taking on new projects and was looking forward to playing in front of a live audience again for the first time for months.
Renata caught up with him again to find out what new things he'd been writing, how he鈥檇 found a new audience in lockdown and how all kinds of musical styles helped him accomplish the goal of art.
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