{"id":1210,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/corea\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:18:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:07","slug":"corea","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/corea\/","title":{"rendered":"Chick Corea headlining Jazz Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 Chick Corea is a legend in music \u2014 mastering the genres of jazz, fusion, classical and pop. He\u2019s displayed his piano virtuosity at leading venues throughout the world, and at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 29, Corea will bring his incredible talent to Western Connecticut State University. The Chick Corea Trio will perform at the 11th Annual WestConn\/Litchfield Performing Arts Jazz Festival in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on the university\u2019s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury.<\/p>\n

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Corea\u2019s discography, which is approaching 100 titles, dates back to 1966. This multiple-Grammy Award winner has won so many critic and reader\u2019s polls that it\u2019s difficult to keep track. Down Beat polls named him Composer of the Year, Pianist of the Year and Jazzman of the Year in 1973. The following year, a Jazz Forum poll named him Jazz Musician of the World. The honors continued: 1975 brought him Keyboardist of the Year, Composer of the Year, Best Jazz Act of the Year, Composer of the World and his first Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Group. The accolades have ensued at this level for more than 30 years, including his 2006 selection as a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master.<\/p>\n

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The NEA Jazz Masters Web site states, \u201cA ground-breaking artist both as a keyboardist (piano, electric piano, synthesizer) and as a composer-arranger, Chick Corea has moved fluidly among jazz, fusion, and classical music throughout a four-decade career, winning national and international honors including 12 Grammy awards. He ranks with Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett as one of the leading piano stylists to emerge after Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner, and he has composed such notable jazz standards as \u2018Spain,\u2019 \u2018La Fiesta\u2019 and \u2018Windows.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ben Ratliff of the New York Times wrote, \u201cMr. Corea expresses his virtuosity much as B.B. King does, or Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan did. He luxuriates onstage, as if at a banquet with witty friends. \u2026 typical of the way he approaches music: dexterously, experimentally, with delighted hunger.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Edward Kane, for jazzreview.com, wrote, \u201cChick Corea easily rates as one of the greatest and most prolific artists in jazz history, whether the measuring stick is applied to the number and quality of his recordings or to the number of styles with which he has experimented and mastered during his long career. In his fifth decade at the pinnacle of jazz, Chick Corea\u2019s recent CDs and performances show that age has done nothing to slow him down or dull his creative abilities and impulses.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Manchester resident Shane Peters, who graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree in jazz guitar from WestConn and now is studying for his education certification here, couldn\u2019t agree more.<\/p>\n

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\u201cChick Corea is one of \u2014 if not the \u2014 greatest jazz pianist on the planet,\u201d Peters said. \u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s played with everybody, and he\u2019s that rare musician who is comfortable in a lot of different idioms. He\u2019s played in the classical, pop and jazz worlds. To appreciate Chick Corea, you don\u2019t have to be a fan of jazz; you just have to be a fan of music.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Corea will perform with the Chick Corea Trio, featuring Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira and legendary bassist Eddie Gomez. Both Moreira and Gomez are celebrated jazz artists in their own right. In addition to the incredible learning experience for WestConn\u2019s music students during the festival\u2019s clinics, the community will be able to enjoy three consecutive evening concerts by world-class musicians during the festival. <\/p>\n

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An All-Star Jam Session featuring the festival\u2019s clinicians \u2014 Conrad Herwig (trombone), Mark Whitfield (guitar), Terrell Stafford (trumpet), Matt Wilson (drums), Don Braden (saxophone), Jeff Hellmer (piano) and Dave Ruffels (bass) \u2014 will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall. Ticket prices will be $10 for adults, and $5 for senior citizens and non-WestConn students who are not participating in the festival. WestConn students will be admitted free with valid ID. <\/p>\n

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At 7 p.m. on Friday, April 28, in Ives Concert Hall, the WCSU Jazz Orchestra will perform with Grammy Award-winning artist Slide Hampton on trombone. Hampton, named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 2005, is renowned for his work both as a performer and an educator. Two outstanding high school big bands selected during the festival also will perform. Tickets will be $10 for adults, and $5 for senior citizens and non-WestConn students who are not participating in the festival. WestConn students will be admitted free with valid ID. <\/p>\n

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Tickets for the Chick Corea Trio performance on Saturday, April 29, will be $30 for adults, and $20 for senior citizens and non-WestConn students who are not participating in the festival. WestConn students will be admitted for $5 with valid ID. <\/p>\n

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Professor of Music Dr. Dan Goble, who oversees the jazz festival, is thrilled to bring Corea to Danbury.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis festival keeps getting bigger and better,\u201d Goble said. \u201cThe students keep working harder and raising the bar. This is now a world-class event \u2026 right here at WestConn. And it\u2019s a group effort \u2014 students, staff, faculty and the administration \u2014 everybody pitches in. This university should be very proud of this event.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n WestConn, Litchfield Performing Arts and Education Connection will present the festival. Chick Corea\u2019s appearance is made possible by a generous grant from the WCSU Student Government Association.<\/p>\n

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For more information, call (203) 837-8350 or visit www.wcsu.edu\/music\/events.html<\/a>. To purchase tickets, go to www.wcsu.edu\/tickets\/<\/a>, or call (203) 837-8499.<\/p>\n

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