- Aliases
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Chick Corea Akoustic Band
Chick Corea Elektric Band
Chick Corea Elektric Band II
Chick Corea Trio
- Personal name
- Armando Anthony Corea
- Born
- June 12, 1941
- Died
- February 9, 2021
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00006783874 60 works
00006783972 54 works
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
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Pianist, band leader and composer. Corea plays jazz and other improvised music. His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba" and "Windows" are widely considered jazz standards. In the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of jazz fusion and later formed Return to Forever.
- Member of
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Return to Forever Founder
- Related
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Airto Moreira Member of Return to Forever (1972-1973)
Al Di Meola Member of Return to Forever (1974-1976)
Flora Purim Member of Return to Forever (1972-1973)
Lenny White Member of Return to Forever
Neville Potter Collaborator (mainly in the 1970s)
Stanley Clarke Member of Return to Forever
Steinar Raknes
- Related labels
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Stretch Records co-founded by Corea
- Ranking
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556th most covered composer/author
595th most covered performer
533rd most covering performer
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