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In this clip from a Facebook live stream, Chick plays through his tribute to the late jazz pianist and composer, Bud Powell. Before playing, Chick talks about discovering the talent and influence of Bud at a young age through his dad’s 78 rpm vinyl records. Speaking more about Bud, Chick said: “He certainly became a big teacher for me. I never personally met him, but I saw him live once, in 1965 just before he passed… He played a gig at Birdland and I heard his trio that night, and I’ll never fo

In this clip from a Facebook live stream, Chick plays through the titular song of “Past, Present, & Futures,” a 2001 album from the New Chick Corea Trio with Avishai Cohen and Jeff Ballard. Chick dedicated the original recording of this piece to his late mother Anna, whose passing led him to think of “the wide view of life - past, present, and futures - I tried to encompass some of those feelings in this.” | Chick Corea

In this clip from a Facebook live stream, Chick starts with a warm-up on the drums. Early on in Chick’s career when he was a gigging musician in New York, he briefly switched from piano to drums as a primary instrument because the quality of pianos in some of the venues he played at was so uninspiring. He’s still kept up his drum playing and his love of the instrument to this day, stating: “My passion for drums is equal to the piano.” | Chick Corea