Chick Corea

Aliases: Chick Corea Akoustic Band
Chick Corea Elektric Band
Chick Corea Elektric Band II
Chick Corea Trio
Real name: Armando Anthony Corea
Born: June 12, 1941
Died: February 9, 2021
Country: United States
IPI: 00006783874 56 works
00006783972 10 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: 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: Return to Forever Founder
Related: Stanley Clarke Member of Return to Forever
Al Di Meola Member of Return to Forever (1974-1976)
Flora Purim Member of Return to Forever (1972-1973)
Airto Moreira Member of Return to Forever (1972-1973)
Lenny White Member of Return to Forever
Neville Potter Collaborator (mainly in the 1970s)
Steinar Raknes
Related labels: Stretch Records co-founded by Corea