chick corea ernst 67 grammy award nominations over the course of his career and took home 23. but he faced criticism for his involvement in scientology here he is with actress an archer at a scientology center korea deeply admired l. ron hubbard the founder of the self described religion and thanked him for decades in the liner notes of his albums. korea gained new listeners by balancing jazz and classical music at this concert he combined mozart with gershwin. the orchestra. i have a background that is focused on playing classical music. not playing jazz it's a different language and culture and feel one and it's a slightly different musical language. to mix those musical languages on the album the mozart sessions but he remained true to his roots in jazz. in a final message posted on facebook he thanked his musician friends saying that playing with them had been the richness of his life. well it seemed like an unusual initiative this is 2021 after all and you know here in germany a country that where the arts are concerned considers itself to be very liberal but think again