But wait there is more.Ĭhick was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on Jjust as the US was launched into World War II. Over the course of his career, as possibly the greatest jazz pianist of the last 50 years, he won 27 Grammy Awards and was nominated over 60 times! I could just do the pen drop right here based on those statistics and call it good right there. He really took the spotlight though when he formed Return to Forever with Keith Jarret, Herbie Hancock, and McCoy Tyner, who all went on to greatness in their own right. (See what I did there…Instrumental.) A prolific collaborator he worked with many of the bigger names of the jazz scene. He became known to jazz fans most notably as a member of Miles Davis's group in the later 1960s and was an instrumental part of the birth of jazz fusion. Many of his compositions are now considered jazz standards. If you are a jazz fan then you know the name Chick Corea! He was born Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea and he was one of America's premier jazz composers, pianists, keyboardists, bandleaders, and occasional percussionists. Chick Corea, The Montreux Years. Double Album Set - Music Spanning Seven Years of Chick Corea at Montreux. BMG Records CAT583DLP
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