Come join us as Sanford Josephson celebrates the great jazz icon, Chick Corea.

Lunchbox Learning is a series of programs that are partially supported by the Friends of the Wayne Public Library.  It originated to provide daytime programming that seniors would be able to attend.  The series consists of musical programs, history lectures, and occasional dramatic programs. 

Doors open at noon--feel free to bring a bag lunch. The programs starts at 12:30 PM.

Registration is required. 

Chick Corea was one of jazz piano's greatest innovators. He was perhaps best known for his 1971 band, Return to Forever --one of the most popular jazz-rock bands of the 1970s -- introducing a whole generation of young listeners to jazz. But his roots were deeper than that. Inspired by legendary keyboardists like Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, Corea succeeded Herbie Hancock in Miles Davis' Quintet; learned his skills as a sideman with Woody Herman, Stan Getz, and Freddie Hubbard; led several different types of bands; and performed with and composed for several symphony orchestras. He released nearly 90 albums and won 24 Grammy Awards.

On Wednesday, June 11, Sandy Josephson, Editor of Jersey Jazz Magazine, will celebrate Corea's legacy with a presentation that covers the highlights of his incredible life and career and showcases some of his most important performances.

Corea, who died February 9, 2021, at the age of 79, would have celebrated his 84th birthday on June 12th of this year.

Sandy Josephson, a resident of Basking Ridge, NJ, is the author of Jeru’s Journey: The Life and Music of Gerry Mulligan (Hal Leonard Books), published in October 2015, and Jazz Notes: Interviews Across the Generations (Praeger/ABC-Clio), published in June 2009. He is currently Editor of Jersey Jazz Magazine, published by the New Jersey Jazz Society and has written extensively about jazz musicians in publications ranging from the New York Daily News to American Way Magazine. Josephson is one of 90 journalists and photographers who contributed to The Jazz Omnibus -- 21st-Century Photos and Writings by Members of the Jazz Journalists Association, recently published by Cymbal Press.