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", "Armando's Rhumba" and "Windows", are
considered jazz standards. 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 the fusion band Return to Forever. With Herbie Hancock,
McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans, 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.He received
his nickname Chick from one of his aunts, who called him “Cheekyâ€
whenever she pinched his cheek.
pianist/electric keyboardist and composer. His compositions "Spain",
"500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba" and "Windows", are
considered jazz standards. 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 the fusion band Return to Forever. With Herbie Hancock,
McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans, 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.He received
his nickname Chick from one of his aunts, who called him “Cheekyâ€
whenever she pinched his cheek.
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