Ten year old piano prodigy Abigail Huang has released her debut album, a tribute to legendary Chick Corea, titled \u201cChick Corea\u2019s Children\u2019s Songs\u201d on Solar Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chicks Corea\u2019s wife, Gayle Moran, introduced me to Chick Corea on June 18, 1978 at The White House Jazz Festival. \u201cChicky, I want you to meet this nice boy!\u201d I was so excited to talk to my hero.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We continued to communicate over the years, at many shows and playing at NAMM for Kurzweil. He also invited my wife and I to see a solo piano performance while I was working with him on Jon Anderson\u2019s 1000 Hands, Chapter 1. He spent me a lot of time with us \u2013 a wonderful day I will always cherish.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I received a call from a friend who asked if I had time to record some Christmas songs for a 10-year old piano prodigy named Abigail Huang. I told him that my studio is not open to the public, but he insisted that I needed to hear her, that she was very special.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We tuned up the Bosendorfer, but were not ready for what we heard. Abigail performed 20 difficult Christmas arrangements in an hour. Most everything after the sound check was a first take. Her delivery was unlike a child, it was of a sensitive, romantic adult.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I had just given my wife Chick Corea\u2019s Children\u2019s Songs and it struck me that these songs could be the vehicle for Abby\u2019s gift. I sent Chick a message saying I wanted to give him a vinyl copy of \u201c1000 Hands\u201d and had some news about The Children\u2019s Songs. He conveyed that it wasn\u2019t a good time. Little did I know.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chick left us in February of 2021 \u2013 a great loss to the music of the world. What a wonderful man and teacher, and what a legacy of music. Abby pays tribute to him on the Album.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n She played 10 songs in each sitting. She is a miracle, Chick would have loved this.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n