Chick Corea was the son of a Dixieland bandleader, and he grew up listening to jazz legends such as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. He came of age musically playing piano with Miles Davis on jazz ...

When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15. Where: Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia, Fort Collins. Tickets: $39. Info: Call 221-6730 or visit lctix.com. The sensual dance of banjo and piano leaves a taste of ...

"Every time Chick and I have played together it has been an extraordinary experience. I have to go beyond my best to hang with Chick!" says Bela Fleck. Adds Chick Corea, "Bela's got a unique style and ...

“With Béla, our duet has become so simpatico, and comfortable–comfortable spiritually.” Corea said in 2015. “And not meaning that we’re not adventuring musically, but I know that whatever we’re going ...

When innovative banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck and jazz piano icon Chick Corea put their heads and fingers together, as they did Monday night at the Guthrie Theater, the usual categories used to classify ...

Two of the most renowned and prolific players in jazz, banjo great Bela Fleck and fusion pianist Chick Corea combine their talents on a new disc called The Enchantment. The two musicians recently sat ...

Chick Corea & Béla Fleck, two master songwriters, musicians, and band leaders, meet in a historic duet of piano and banjo. The Grammy Award-winning duet will combine Corea and Fleck’s most ...

Béla Fleck is one busy musician. The 16-time Grammy Award-winner banjoist still runs his 20-year-plus old project Béla Fleck & the Flecktones with bassist Victor Wooten, tours in a bluegrass banjo duo ...

Bill Monroe’s “Jerusalem Ridge” is a bluegrass classic, soaked in the Irish and Scottish sounds Monroe remembered hearing the old folks play when he was a boy in rural Kentucky. When keyboard jazz ...

If you closed your eyes, the cascade of notes issuing from Chick Corea's grand piano and Bela Fleck's banjo at the Orpheum Theater Saturday (April 16) combined to produce a sound like a harpsichord.

One is a legendary pianist and NEA Jazz Master, who began his career in Miles Davis' band and went on to shape the sound of jazz fusion with Return to Forever. The other is a world-renowned banjo ...