USA: Herbie Hancock, Harlem Quartet Toast Chick Corea’s 70th at Blue Note Gigs

This weekend, Corea will present a twist on classical music when he takes the stage with the Harlem Quartet and vibraphonist Gary Burton. The pair’s groundbreaking recording, “Crystal Silence” (1972), took a chamber music approach to jazz, with folk and Latin influences.

Next week, Corea will pay homage to Davis with a quintet made up of trumpeter Wallace Roney, bassist Eddie Gomez, drummer Jack DeJohnette and saxophonist Gary Bartz. Then he’ll turn to his love affair with Spanish melodies and rhythms Nov. 18-21, with “Chick’s Flamenco Heart.” He finishes the series with his Grammy Award-winning Elektric Band project from the 1980s Nov. 25-27.

Perhaps the most sought-after ticket is Corea’s Nov. 23 duet with piano legend Herbie Hancock.

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