Chick Corea started the night by listing the audience rights. As artists, he noted, he and Bela Fleck have their rights. "We do whatever we want," he shrugged. "If you need to make or receive and cell ...

Mike Harrington, executive director of the Wheeler Opera House, spends most of his time seeking out acts to play at the historic venue on Mill Street. But occasionally an artist will seek him out, ...

At first glance, pianist Chick Corea and banjo player Bela Fleck don’t seem to have much in common. They come from different generations. Their respective musical approaches – jazz and bluegrass – ...

Few musicians are as versatile as banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck: he has been nominated for Grammy awards in more categories than any other instrumentalist. Quite a lot of his work files comfortably in the ...

Chick Corea, the still-effervescent jazz piano star, continues to tour the UK with his wide-ranging group the Vigil, but though his long-running duo with banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck is a more intimate ...

Spending an hour on the phone with Béla Fleck is akin to climbing aboard a bullet train. One minute, you’re surveying the duo concerts he regularly engages in with wife Abigail Washburn, the setting ...