Chick Corea

Armando Anthony Chick Corea (born June 12, 1941) is 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 Daviss band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of jazz fusion. In the 1970s he formed the fusion band Return to Forever. With Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, and Keith Jarrett, he has been described as one of the major jazz piano voices to emerge in the post-John Coltrane era.Corea continued to pursue other collaborations and to explore musical styles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He is also known for promoting and fundraising for a number of social issues.

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