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Chick Corea
Chick (*1941) very early discovered the piano as his favorite instrument. Taught by his father, he very soon developped a great love to this instrument as well as for the jazz. He listened to Horace Silver and was influenced by Bud Powell.
 
In 1962, Chick had his first professional engagements with Mongo Santamaria and Willie Bobo. Later, he also worked with Blue Mitchell. McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans and Herbie Hancock gave him impulses for developping his own style.
 
In 1968, Chick joined the Miles Davis group, but left it in 1970 already for founding his own band "Circle". Chick got a wider reputation with his band Return To Forever, which he established 1972. It was in this period that Chick experimented with all kinds of keyboard instruments, among others with a Yamaha organ. After some changes of this group, he formed, in 1985, the group the Elektric Band with John Patitucci and Dave Weckl.
 
Chick passed away in February 2021.
contact:
homepage: www.chickcorea.com

 

Discography
Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy
Polydor 2310283
released 1973
recorded August 1973 in New York/USA
Chick Corea, piano, organ, harpsichord, gongs
Lenny White, drums, percussion, congas, bongos
Stan Clarke, bass
Bill Connors, guitar
My Spanish Heart
Polydor PD-2-9003
released 1976
recorded October 1976 in Burbank, CA/USA
Chick Corea, synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, organ, piano, vocals
Ron Mass, trombone
Stewart Blumberg, trumpet
John Rosenberg, trumpet
Stuart Rosenberg, trumpet
John Rosenburg, trumpet
Ron Moss, trumpet
John Thomas, trumpet
Connie Kupka, violin
Jean-Luc Ponty, violin
Barry Socher, violin
Carole Mukogawa, viola
David Speltz, cello
Stanley Clarke, bass
Steve Gadd, drums
Narada Michael Walden, drums
Don Alias, percussion
Gayle Moran, vocals
Present Tense
Hip Bop Records HIBD 8004
released 1995
recorded in Stamford, CT and Orange, NJ/USA
Lenny White, keyboards, drums, percussion
Kenny Garrett, soprano sax, alto sax
Danny Walsh, alto sax, tenor sax
Michael Brecker, tenor sax
Rick Margitza, tenor sax
Michael Stewart, trumpet, flugelhorn
Dean Brown, guitar
Tony Purrone, guitar
John Scofield, guitar
Chick Corea, Fender Rhodes, organ, piano, synthesizer
Jon Dryden, synthesizer
Gil Goldstein, synthesizer
Adam Holzman, synthesizer
Pete Levin, synthesizer
Mulgrew Miller, piano
George Whitty, synthesizer
Bernard Wright, Fender Rhodes, organ, piano, synthesizer
Michał Urbaniak, violin
Victor Bailey, bass
Stanley Clarke, bass
James Genus, bass
Marcus Miller, bass
Muckhead, rap
Chaka Khan, vocals
Mark Ledford, vocals
Jean McClain, vocals
Nicki Richards, vocals
The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
Columbia C5K 86359
recorded November 1969 through June 1970 in New York City/USA
Miles Davis, trumpet
Steve Grossman, soprano sax
Wayne Shorter, soprano sax
Bennie Maupin, bass clarinet
John McLaughlin, guitar
Sonny Sharrock, guitar
Chick Corea, organ, piano
Herbie Hancock, organ, piano
Keith Jarrett, piano
Ron Carter, bass
Michael Henderson, bass
Dave Holland, bass
Gene Perla, bass
Billy Cobham, drums
Jack DeJohnette, drums
Hermeto Pascoal, drums, vocals
Lenny White, drums
Airto Moreira, percussion
The Definitive Collection
Verve Records B0010024-02
compilation
Chick Corea, clavinet, harpsichord, organ, piano, synthesizer, percussion
Joe Farrell, tenor sax, flute
Bill Connors, guitar
Al Di Meola, guitar
Stanley Clarke, organ, synthesizer, bass
Airto Moreira, drums, percussion
Lenny White, drums, percussion
Flora Purim, percussion, vocals

 
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