Hot Jazz At The Gallery: now this is how live music should be experienced: up close and personal, among friends, surrounded by great works of art!” – Dmitri Matheny

“…Hot Jazz at the Gallery stages Seattle area jazz musicians against a backdrop of dazzling visual art from around the world.” – Earshot Jazz Magazine

Located on Occidental Mall, in the “Heart of Historic Pioneer Square”, Seattle, WA, FREDERICK HOLMES AND COMPANY – GALLERY OF MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART Is Proud To Offer Another Extraordinary Evening In Our Ongoing Twice-Monthly Series – HOT JAZZ AT THE GALLERY, Featuring The Top Musicians And Vocalists In The Pacific Northwest And Nationally! Sit Back and Relax While Enjoying Premium Award-Winning Wines, Viewing Remarkable Paintings, Prints, & Sculpture, While Listening To The “Best In The Northwest”!

RETURN TO CHICK COREA is a quartet-based musical tribute to the great jazz composer, enhanced with additional original compositions by pianist & composer Francesco Crosara created in the characteristic Spanish-infused style of Corea.

The RETURN TO CHICK COREA band was formed as a concept exchange between bassist Bruce Phares and pianist Francesco Crosara. A spirited conversation after an engaging duet performance led to the initial idea of a concert of all-Chick-Corea compositions, a natural for Crosara’s Corea-influenced keyboard virtuosity, as well as Phares’ style of bass playing. After a pilot performance, Crosara, Phares, and sax-wizard Alexey Nikolaev solidified the concept into the current “Return to Chick Corea” group with the great Mark Ivester on drums. The repertoire spans freely through Corea’s 5 decades of music interspersed with original compositions by Crosara written in the style of the maestro and recently released in the acclaimed album “Circular Motion”