Chick Corea
American musician and composer (1941–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and occasional percussionist.[2][3] His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba" and "Windows" are widely considered jazz standards.[4] As a member of Miles Davis's band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of jazz fusion. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever.[3] Along with McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett, Corea is considered to have been one of the foremost pianists of the post-John Coltrane era.[5]
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Birth name | Armando Anthony Corea |
Born | (1941-06-12)June 12, 1941 Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | February 9, 2021(2021-02-09) (aged 79) Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
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Years active | 1962–2021[1] |
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Website | chickcorea |
Corea continued to collaborate frequently while exploring different musical styles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He won 27 Grammy Awards and was nominated more than 70 times for the award.[6]