Warren Wolf with Alex Brown and Strings perform Chick Corea's Lyric Suite for Sextet
About This Event
At Dizzy's Club, vibraphonist Warren Wolf fronts a sextet with pianist-composer Alex Brown and strings in a performance of Chick Corea's Lyric Suite. Brown's blend of classical, R&B, hip-hop, Afro‑Caribbean and Brazilian-jazz idioms, alongside Wolf's conservatory teaching and multi-instrumental practice, informs readings of the suite by Grammy-winning pianist and composer Chick Corea, who worked across rock, pop and Latin idioms.
About Lyric Suite for Sextet(chamber)
Now at Dizzy’s Club in New York City, Chick Corea’s *Lyric Suite for Sextet* is heard in a chamber-jazz setting led by vibraphonist Warren Wolf alongside pianist-composer Alex Brown and a string contingent. The score treats jazz rhythm and improvisation as structural material, not decoration, placing them in close dialogue with written lines. Brown’s writing draws on classical practice and contemporary Black and Afro-diasporic idioms, while Wolf brings the discipline of a conservatory educator and working multi-instrumentalist. Heard in NYC, the piece reads as a reminder of Corea’s long-standing role in bridging club culture and concert form.
About the Artists
Alex Brown
Alex Brown is an American pianist and composer whose work moves between jazz and a wider palette of Black and diasporic traditions, with traces of classical writing, R&B, hip-hop, Afro‑Caribbean music, and Brazilian forms.
Chick Corea
Chick Corea is a Grammy Award-winning jazz legend renowned for his innovative contributions to the music world, blending elements of rock, pop, and Latin influences. His upcoming documentary special offers an exclusive glimpse into the creative process behind "The Spanish Heart Band – Antidote," revealing the rich stories and explorations from his remarkable career.
Warren Wolf
Warren Wolf is a Baltimore-based jazz vibraphonist and multi-instrumentalist whose work moves easily between groove-oriented writing and conservatory craft. He teaches at the Peabody Institute and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, a dual role that informs his precise, well-structured approach onstage.