On the surface, legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea is an Italian guy from Boston. But since his start at Birdland on the bandstand of Latin jazz icon Mongo Santamaria, the Grammy-winning keyboard visionary has always harbored a deep love for the rhythms emerging from the neighborhoods of Spanish Harlem and the Upper West Side of New York City.
is an Italian guy from Boston. But since his start at Birdland on the bandstand of Latin jazz icon Mongo Santamaria, the Grammy-winning keyboard visionary has always harbored a deep love for the rhythms emerging from the neighborhoods of Spanish Harlem and the Upper West Side of New York City.
You've been listening to Latino music since you were a kid. What was it that got you into it that young? The spirit of the album is that the music that we bring to people as musicians and artists is an antidote. That's kind of the idea, and the lyrics lend themselves to that idea. Ruben expanded on that idea when he improvised his Spanish rap on "Antidote." Musicians and artists, we don't like war or cruelty. We're into humanitarian efforts and bringing creativity to people. It's always been our mission; it's not that it's anything new.
One thing that's always surprised me was how little you have moonlighted on rock and pop albums in your years. Have you been solicited a lot from artists in those realms to collaborate?
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