Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and "Windows" are considered jazz standards.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Chelsea
- Educated at
- Juilliard SchoolChelsea High School
- Awards
- 🏆 NEA Jazz Masters🏆 Frankfurter Musikpreis🏆 Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album🏆 honorary doctor of the Eastman School of Music
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Trending topics shown first"I believe that any "awareness" of life is "spiritual" since awareness can only be a quality of the spirit not of the material world or of matter and machines. Only a spiritual being has awareness. But…"
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Timeline
1941
Born
Birth2021
Died
Death
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