Chick Corea Musical artist

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (born June 12, 1941) is an American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever. Along with Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, and Keith Jarrett, he has been described as one of the major jazz piano voices to emerge in the post–John Coltrane era.Corea continued to pursue other collaborations and to explore various musical styles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He is also known for promoting and fundraising for a number of social issues, such as eradicating social illiteracy.

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Birth date	June 12, 1941
Birth place	Chelsea Massachusetts , Massachusetts , United States

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Career started	1962
associated musical artist	Miles Davis Bobby McFerrin Chick Corea John McLaughlin (musician) Pat Metheny Brian Blade Joe Henderson Miroslav Vitouš Herbie Hancock Béla Fleck Frank Gambale Hubert Laws Blue Mitchell Herbie Mann Joe Farrell Chick Corea Elektric Band Eddie Gomez Stanley Clarke Anthony Braxton Chaka Khan Al Di Meola Dave Holland Gary Burton Hiromi Uehara Return to Forever Steve Gadd Five Peace Band Live John Patitucci Circle (jazz band)
Background	Non vocal instrumentalist
genre	Jazz Latin jazz Post-bop Classical music Bebop Avant-garde jazz Jazz fusion
instrument	Vibraphone Organ (music)
record label	Stretch Records ECM Records Warner Bros. Records Polydor Records