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Chick Corea
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American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer (1941-2021)
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Chick Corea, born Armando Anthony Corea in 1941 in Chelsea, was an American pianist, composer, and jazz musician. He began his work period in 1962 and was educated at the Juilliard School. Corea played the piano, musical keyboard, organ, and drum kit. He was associated with ECM Records and performed in genres including post-bop, jazz, avant-garde jazz, chamber jazz, and contemporary jazz.
He was a recording artist who spoke English and followed Scientology. Corea was married to Gayle Moran. He received the NEA Jazz Masters award. He died of cancer in the Tampa Bay area in 2021. His manner of death was natural causes.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1941
- Active to
- 2021
Discography
Member of
- Return to Forever
- Circleuntil 1971
- Chick Corea Quintet
- Chick Corea Elektric Band II
- Corea, Clarke & White
- Chick Corea Akoustic Band
- Chick Corea Elektric Band
- Chick Corea Trio
- Chick Corea & Origin
- Chick Corea & Friends
- Chick Corea Freedom Band
- The Chick Corea + Steve Gadd Band
- The Chick Corea New Trio
- Echoes of an Era
- Chick Corea Quartet
- Return to Forever
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 662,566
- Total plays
- 8,098,675
Tags
Chick Corea (born Armando Anthony Corea in Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA, on June 12, 1941, died February 9, 2021) was an American jazz pianist/electric keyboardist and composer. His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta" and "Windows", are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of jazz fusion. In the 1970s he formed the fusion band Return to Forever. Along with Herbie Hancock <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Chick
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anthony
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chelsea
- Place of death
- Tampa Bay area
- Spouse
- Gayle Moran
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Scientology
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Official website
- www.chickcorea.com
- Image
- Chick Corea Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2018 (170650).jpg
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- Commons category
- Chick Corea
- date of birth
- 1941-06-12
- birth name
- Armando Anthony Corea
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
- pseudonym
- Chick Corea
- social media followers
- 112588
- date of death
- 2021-02-09
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Chick Corea
- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
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Works in European collections
27 objects attributed to Chick Corea, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and "Windows" are considered jazz standards.
As a member of the Miles Davis band in the late 1960s, Corea participated in the birth of jazz fusion. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever. Along with McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett, Corea is considered one of the foremost pianists of the post-John Coltrane era.
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