Chick Corea

Chick Corea is an American Jazz pianist, electric keyboardist, and composer, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on June 12, 1941. He is best known for his songs “Spain”, “La Fiesta”, “500 Miles High”, and “Windows.” He started playing piano at four years old and was influenced by the artists Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, and Horace Silver. In 1966 he released his debut album titled Tones for Joan’s Bones with the jazz label Vortex. He has since released a number if other albums, including Septet, Voyage, Light Years, Children’s Songs, The Meeting, Trio Music, Friends, The Mad Hatter, My Spanish Heart, Eye of the Beholder, Inside Out, Alive and more. In total he has released 81 studio albums, 17 live albums, and 8 compilation albums. Throughout his career he has been nominated for Grammy Awards over 60 times and has won over 20 Grammy Awards for his music. Corea was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music in 1997. In 1999 his album Now He Sings, Now He Sobs was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.