Chick Corea is known as one of the most powerful pianists, composers, and bandleaders in the history of jazz. He earned 27 Grammy awards and blazed trails across bebop, straight-ahead, free jazz, ...

Last week, legendary jazz keyboardist Chick Corea released a new album titled The Ultimate Adventure. It features a blend of Corea's signature style from the 1970s with some modern twists. The album ...

This story was updated at 9:28 p.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 11. The keyboardist, composer and bandleader Chick Corea — one of the most revered figures in contemporary jazz, but an artist whose work ...

NEW YORK – Chick Corea, a towering jazz pianist with a staggering 23 Grammy Awards who pushed the boundaries of the genre and worked alongside Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, has died. He was 79.

Bela Fleck: I think it was because he was playing in such a rhythmically intense way. The harmony was very interesting, and it made sense to me immediately. Banjo playing is part percussion, so ...

This edition of Chick's Elektric Band roared, sighed and carried on with remarkable internal discipline and intuition, like a single instrument. The atmosphere was festive in the packed Catalina Bar ...

"My mission has always been to bring the joy of creating anywhere I could, and to have done so with all the artists that I admire so dearly — this has been the richness of my life," he said before his ...

Chick Corea, the Grammy-winning pianist and keyboardist whose work at the intersections of jazz, experimental music, funk, progressive rock and classical music with his band Return to Forever helped ...

Keyboard player and composer Chick Corea was born Armando Anthony Corea in Chelsea, Mass., on June 12, 1941. His father, a Dixieland trumpet player, introduced Corea to jazz at an early age. By the ...

In memory of NEA Jazz Master Chick Corea: 1941-2021. This article was first published at All About Jazz in 2004. Pianist Chick Corea is one of the major pioneers of fusion, with his influence since ...

Pianist, composer and jazz fusion great Chick Corea has died after a short battle with cancer. He was 79. The sad news was shared via Chick’s Facebook, saying that the rare form of cancer he had had ...

Chick Corea, one of the greatest jazz-and-beyond artists of his generation, died Tuesday at the age of 79. The cause of death was a rare form of cancer that was only recently diagnosed, according to a ...