Chick Corea at Cheltenham 2017 Photo credit and ©John Watson /jazzcamera.co.uk

Sebastian writes:

I was invited to send in some questions for Chick Corea by European broadcaster Sarah Culler and this short interview podcast is the result:

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Chick Corea interview by LondonJazz
PODCAST SYNOPSIS

00:00 – 00:47 OPENING MUSIC : Extract from Amnesia by Chick Corea.

00:47 You always profile yourself as a student… learning… the challenge to communicate one’s ideas… telling a story…

1:56 – 3:05 Spain – the tune , the connections the influences,  Paco De Lucia, Mongo Santamaria Eddie Palmieri…

3:05 – 4:37 Is there a hierarchy of duties for a musician? “I pursue ideas that I’m interested in…”

4:37-5:48 Is your work-rate speeding up slowing down or staying the same? Finding new ways to help young musicians – workshops.

5-48 to end Pannonica by Thelonius Monk  –  Chick Corea New Trio.

Image of Chick Corea on podcast from 1992 by Roland Godefroy / Creative Commons