Chick's Birthday! Elio Villafranca & Chick Corea Afro-Caribbean Experience: Jazz Ensemble in New York

About Chick's Birthday! Elio Villafranca & Chick Corea Afro-Caribbean Experience

Chick’s Birthday pairs Grammy-winning pianist Chick Corea with Cuban pianist and composer Elio Villafranca under the Afro-Caribbean Experience banner, bringing jazz fusion into conversation with Latin and Afro-Caribbean forms. The project is rooted in Corea’s long-running interest in rhythmic tradition and Villafranca’s compositional language shaped by Cuban classical and popular lineages. At Dizzy’s Club in New York City, the set centers on ensemble interplay, extended grooves, and shifting meters. The approach favors structural clarity over spectacle.