Lil Nas X, Lindsey Buckingham and Low: October’s best album reviews
Discover all our four- and five-star album reviews from the last month, from pop to jazz and classical
September 2021
Chick Corea Akoustic Band: Live review – a remarkable feat of virtuosity and rapport
Corea’s trio are captured in all their unplugged brilliance in this live recording from 2018
February 2021
Chick Corea: his 10 greatest recordings
Chick Corea obituary
Chick Corea: a fearless musical adventurer who took the art of piano to new heights
Richard Williams
Chick Corea, Grammy-winning jazz musician, dies at 79
August 2019
Ranked
Miles Davis's 20 greatest albums – ranked!
With his lost 1985 album Rubberband out in September, and the 50th anniversary of In a Silent Way – released this week – we count down the jazz icon’s finest moments
August 2018
Chick Corea review – full-throttle jazz that starts in fifth gear
From blues licks to Liszt, drummer Dave Weckl and bassist John Patitucci join the legendary pianist for tight, near-telepathic playing
May 2017
Cheltenham jazz festival review – a canny mix of populism and creative eclecticism
Chick Corea was both familiar and fresh while Kandace Springs mixed modern R&B with classic jazz standards at the Jamie Cullum-curated festival
November 2015
Chick Corea and the Vigil review – a captivating celebration of sponteneity
One of jazz’s most inventive piano improvisers jacks up the excitement with a dynamic rhythm section and plenty of gleeful percussive banter
July 2015
The playlist
The playlist: jazz – Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock, Neneh Cherry, Dianne Reeves and more
Chick Corea/Herbie Hancock review – quicksilver exchange from jazz royalty
January 2015
Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea to tour together
Jazz greats go out on their first tour as a duo since 1978
October 2014
Chick Corea: Trilogy CD review – piano master returns to acoustic jazz trio mode
This compilation of live trio recordings is a must for Chick Corea fans, and indeed for all jazz piano fans, writes John Fordham
June 2014
Opera and the arts are for everyone
Letters: Jennie Lee said that the arts should become accessible without diluting excellence
May 2014
Chick Corea review – familiar and fresh, virtuosic, personal and charming
The jazz legend was in fine, relaxed form, chatting breezily to latecomers and sharing the piano with the audience, writes John Fordham
August 2013
Chick Corea: The Vigil – review
More than just polishing silverware, Chick Corea's latest album cherishes the past but forges forwards at the same time, writes John Fordham
March 2013
ECM: In search of free jazz and free expression
Chick Corea/The Vigil – review
February 2013
Miles Davis Quintet: Live in Europe 1969 – review
This package, from the 'lost band' that never made a studio album, is a must-have, writes Dave Gelly
