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Tom What a Beautiful Interview man, Thank you so much for doing this, I know exactly were Chick was Seating here in his Home, and takes me Back to BEAUTIFUL memories, He is DEEPLY miss man, a INCREDIBLE MUSICIAN a Genius Really and a GIANT of a Human Being.... I give thanks to the Heavens for letting me be Close to him and work with him for 8 years... AMAZING EXPERIENCE.... Thank you for this.

I saw Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke in the late 70s . They were incredible. I loved Return to Forever. I used to listen to Al Di Meola as well. Gosh.

Hi Tom. Great interview! Great job of asking great and rarely asked questions to Chick, so kudos to you! Tom, Chick misspoke regarding the timeline of forming the Elektric Band. The Elektric Band was formed in 1985 not 1983.

Great work Tom, very cool, Chick Corea is already a living legend

Esta clace de músicos deberían tener todos los likes del universo 👍

Thanks Tom for such a wonderful interview of The Master and great human being

That looks like the last interview before his passing. 4 months before, he was doing so well, it's shocking, how fast his illness progressed. Rip master.

A very good interview Interview Tom. thank you

💥 Sometimes I suspect Chick Corea's death story is not what we were told. He was alright few weeks before. Why the family can't reveal what really happened ? Someday the world would discover ! 😮😮

Oh yeah just link. Interesting how to talks about the expense of being a musician is also being in an entertainer means really communicating to the audience

Awesome talk! So glad to hear Chick's words, he is such an inspiration for me. I love his music and I really wish I had known it way before he past away.

What a great interview.

Genio!

RIP Chick, man.

Chick is so thin here. Sad, RIP to one of the best of all time....

Oh yeah I love chicken always appreciated him to the utmost. In fact, he was mine segway into more traditional jazz, something else

Ya know, some people are SO damned fortunate to be able to do something that will endure long after they are gone. And what I mean by "something" is "something wonderful". Me? Meh. I'm a hack. I've been playing for 35 years or so. Guitar. Some keys. A little percussion. I'm not bad. But I'm nowhere near the outer perimeter of the magic wonderland that Corea, Wekyl, White, Gambale, Holdsworth, Colaiuta, Gadd, Patitucci, Davis, Fitzgerald, Monk, Holiday, etc..etc..etc.......Nowhere near it. Just on the outside looking in. And that's alright. If I can't play it, at least I can cherish it all. When I'm gone, someone is going to find my USB's and the 100s of hours of recordings I've done. If ONE of those hours...or just even ONE minute of ONE piece puts a smile on someone's face, then I did a good job. Music isn't just about the present. It's about the past and the future. Chick is immortal. He's gone from our sight but not out ears and heart. And I'll bet you anything that the people who played with him would say that Chick made them all better musicians....and Chick would probably say the same thing about them.

Best show I ever saw was chic

I had no idea you had good taste in music.