Jazz legend Chick Corea has just announced several more dates for his two-month long residency at The Blue Note. The residency coincides with Corea’s 75th birthday celebration, and the Blue Note has gone all out to bring together an all-star cast of Corea’s friends and collaborators from throughout his career. The absurd 80-show run will now feature a series of duet performances with Chick and another musician. The run will feature three different piano duets, with Brad Mehldau joining Chick on November 18th, fellow jazz icon Herbie Hancock on Novmber 19th, and Fonzalo Rubalcaba on November 20th. Also, Corea will be joined by esteemed guitarist John McLaughlin for a special duet performance on December 7th.

See below for a full list of dates for this incredible celebration of the inimitable Chick Corea. Included with the dates is the lineup of musicians that will play on each night. The run kicks off on 10/19 with a performance by the “Chick Corea Elektric Band”, and will wrap up on 12/11 with a performance by Return to Forever.

Chick Corea Birthday Celebration at the Blue Note

10/19 – 10/23 – THE CHICK COREA ELEKTRIC BAND – Chick Corea (keyboards), Eric Marienthal (saxes), Frank Gamble (guitar), John Patitucci (bass), Dave Weckl (drums)
10/26 – 10/30 – FOR MILES – Chick Corea (keyboards), Kenny Garrett (saxes), Wallace Roney (trumpet),
Mike Stern (guitar), Marcus Miller (bass), Brian Blade (drums)
11/2 & 11/3 – THREE QUARTETS BAND – Chick Corea (piano), Steve Gadd (drums), Eddie Gomez (bass), Ben Solomon (sax)
11/4 – 11/6 – THE LEPRECHAUN BAND – Chick Corea (keyboards), Steve Gadd (drums), Gayle Moran Corea (vocals), Steve Wilson (sax & flute), Michael Rodriguez (trumpet), Steve Davis (trombone), Eddie Gomez (acoustic bass), TBA (electric bass)
11/9 & 11/10 – EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRONICA – Chick Corea (keyboards + computers), Marcus Gilmore (drums), Taylor McFerrin
11/11 – 11/13 – CHICK’S FLAMENCO HEART – Chick Corea (keyboards), Jorge Pardo (sax & flute), Niño Josele (acoustic guitar), Carles Benevant (bass), Tom Brechtlein (drums), Luisito Quintero (percussion), Flamenco Dancer (TBA), Vocalist (TBA)
11/16 & 11/17 – THE CHICK COREA BIG BAND – Chick Corea (keyboards), Erlend Skomsvoll (arranger & conductor), the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra – 13-Piece Big Band (8 horns, guitar, bass & drums)
11/18 – 11/20 – CHICK COREA PIANO DUETS – Friday, November 18: Chick Corea & Brad Mehldau, Saturday, November 19: Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock, Sunday, November 20: Chick Corea & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
11/22 & 11/23 – CHICK COREA & GARY BURTON – with the Harlem String Quartet, Chick Corea (piano), Gary Burton (vibes), Ilmar Gavilán (violin), Melissa White (violin), Jaime Amador (viola), Felix Umansky (cello)
11/25 – 11/27 – ORIGIN II – Chick Corea (piano), Ravi Coltrane (sax), Steve Wilson (sax & flute), Steve Davis (trombone), Carlitos Del Puerto (bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums)
11/30 – 12/4 – THE MUSIC OF RETURN TO FOREVER AND MORE (ACOUSTIC) – Chick Corea (keyboards), Ravi Coltrane (sax), Hubert Laws (flute), Avishai Cohen (bass), Lenny White (drums)
12/7 – CHICK COREA & JOHN McLAUGHLIN DUET
12/8 – 12/11 – THE MUSIC OF RETURN TO FOREVER AND MORE (ELECTRIC) – Chick Corea (keyboards), John McLaughlin (guitar), Victor Wooten (bass), Lenny White (drums)