chick corea

The Sunday Poem: “Return to Forever—Chick Corea” by DH Jenkins

The poet writes of youthful memories conjured up from listening to Chick Corea and Return to Forever’s 1973 album, “Light as a Feather.”

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March 19th, 2023

“In Summa Summit” — a sonnet (in memory of Chick Corea) by John Kendall Hawkins

. . Polydor Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Chick Corea, 1976 . . In Summa Summit ……………in memory of Chick Corea Pretty, I’ve got a postcard picture mind that finds windows inside a supermax where lost time and space are a double bind — the phenomenology of the sax remembered from all-night pot-toked jazz … Continue reading ““In Summa Summit” — a sonnet (in memory of Chick Corea) by John Kendall Hawkins”

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May 15th, 2021

Chick Corea at the Blue Note, September, 2017 — photos by John McCluskey

In September, 2017, the photographer and writer John McCluskey took several photos of Chick Corea during a performance at New York’s Blue Note.

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May 7th, 2021

Reminiscing in Tempo: “What are 3 or 4 of your favorite jazz recordings of the 1940’s?”

. . Photo William Gottlieb/Library of Congress Charlie Parker is frequently found on the lists of noted critics and musicians answering the question, “What are 3 or 4 of your favorite jazz record recordings of the 1940’s?” This photograph by William Gottlieb was taken at Carnegie Hall in New York, c. 1947 . __________ … Continue reading “Reminiscing in Tempo: “What are 3 or 4 of your favorite jazz recordings of the 1940’s?””

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December 4th, 2018