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With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

Chick Corea is used to being a hard act to follow, but not when he shares a double-bill with Bela Fleck.

Bassist Stanley Clarke is best known for reinventing the electric bass with Chick Corea's "Return To Forever" in the 1970's. On his excellent new album he displays his mastery of acoustic bass in a more subtle context.

Images by: Woody Wolfe Stanley Clarke Trio :: 10.05.09 :: Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant :: Minneapolis, MN Stanley Clarke Trio 10.05 MN Hiromi is the future of jazz.

Half a decade ago, a nightclub opened that would change British music for ever. John Fordham talks about Ronnie Scott's with some of the jazz legends who played there over the years 'The best jazz club in the world' a Ronnie Scott's jazz club in Soho, London.

Alain Londes is someone who loves jazz, studies the tenor sax, writes articles, teaches courses ranging from Business Ethics to Applied Professional Communications, practices public speaking and studies philosophy.

Released: Feb 1976 Genre: Jazz Fusion Label: Columbia/Legacy Number Of Tracks: 6 Return To Forever was a 70's jazz fusion band consisting of some of the most impressive virtuosos of the time.

Three quarters of '70s jazz-rock fusion group Return to Forever a ' pianist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White a ' showed off their acoustic chops with a sizzling show at the Royal Conservatory of Music's new Koerner Hall.

September 27, 2009, 6:33 AM / Well, as it turns out, what they call "fusion" doesn't really sound like anything other than jazz if it's played minus the electricity.

Jazz's maiden voyage in the Royal Conservatory's new digs is undertaken by three-quarters of Chick Corea's pioneering fusion group.

Less than 24 hours before he's scheduled to leave town, Kyle Andrews is enjoying lunch at his favorite Mexican restaurant in Nashville, Tenn.

ASU's 2009-10 Performing Arts Series welcomes jazz legend Chick Corea to the stage of Farthing Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 1. Advance tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students and $18 for seniors and ASU faculty and staff.

Some things were just made for each other: ham and eggs, pizza and beer, television and couches, the Blackberry and the tweet.

The 52nd annual Monterey Jazz Festival features something old - folksinging legend Pete Seeger , perennial cool cat Dave Brubeck and the triumphant return of Return To Forever; something new - rising vocalist/bassist Esperanza Spalding, gospel-trained songstress Lizz Wright and Global Noize, co-produced by DJ Logic and Jason Miles; something ...

Chick Corea is a musical omnivore. From avant-garde to bebop, from children's songs to hard-hitting fusion and frequent forays into the classical, the multiple Grammy Award-wining jazz artist has touched an astonishing number of musical bases.

In an evening of unplugged jazz at its finest, longtime collaborators Chick Corea, Stanley White, and Lenny Clarke proved still capable of recapturing their legendary virtuosity at the Zoellner Center Saturday night.

O ne of the most fruitful partnerships in jazz history took root in 1971, when then-teenaged bassist Stanley Clarke was playing in a band led by saxophonist Joe Henderson.

An enticing opening night piano festival pairs the incomparable Pontiac-bred Hank Jones, whose graceful touch and imagination remain undiminished at 91, and a relative youngster with a pretty fair reputation of his own, the 68-year-old Chick Corea.

Last year, celebrated jazz pianist Chick Corea made headlines by reuniting with his bandmates from the legendary 1970s Return to Forever group for a world tour.

SOURCE: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes There is a lot of programming diversity going on near and far for jazz and jazz venues in September.