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Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
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Return to Forever
Return to Forever
American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea
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Lenny White
Lenny White
American drummer
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Hiromi Uehara
Hiromi Uehara
Japanese-born jazz composer and pianist (1979-)
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Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty
French musician
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Miroslav Vitouš
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Geoffrey Keezer
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
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Michel Camilo
Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
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Bill Connors
Bill Connors
American musician
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Flora Purim
Flora Purim
Brazilian jazz singer
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Peter Beets
Peter Beets
Dutch musician
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Gary Burton
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
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Friedrich Gulda
Friedrich Gulda
Austrian pianist and composer
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Christian McBride
Christian McBride
American musician
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John Patitucci
John Patitucci
American jazz bassist and composer
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Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
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Joe Chambers
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
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Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
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Avishai Cohen
Avishai Cohen
Israeli jazz bassist, composer, singer and arranger
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McCoy Tyner
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
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Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau
American jazz and pop musician
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Pete La Roca
Pete La Roca
American drummer
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Steve Gadd
Steve Gadd
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and session musician
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Billy Childs
Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
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Jimmy Earl
Jimmy Earl
Musician, producer
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Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
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Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
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Tim Garland
Tim Garland
British musician
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Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Chick Corea Elektric Band
Chick Corea Elektric Band
band
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Bud Powell
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
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John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Bill Evans
Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
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Mike Garson
Mike Garson
American musician
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Randy Waldman
Randy Waldman
American musician
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Kenny Garrett
Kenny Garrett
American musician
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Jeff Ballard
Jeff Ballard
American drummer
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Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
American musician
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Antonio Sánchez
Antonio Sánchez
Mexican jazz drummer, composer
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John Beasley
John Beasley
American jazz pianist, bandleader, and producer of music in film and television
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Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Frank Gambale
Frank Gambale
Australian guitarist
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer

Chick Corea

Intro
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
Awards Received
IAS Freedom Medal
honorary doctor of the Eastman School of Music
Frankfurter Musikpreis
News

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba" and "Windows" are widely 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 Return to Forever. Along with Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans, he is considered one of the foremost jazz pianists of the post-John Coltrane era.

Corea continued to collaborate frequently while exploring different musical styles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He won 25 Grammy Awards and was nominated over 60 times.