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Chick Corea
Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions “Spain”, “500 Miles High”, “La Fiesta”, “Armando’s Rhumba”, and “Windows” are widely considered jazz standards.[4] As a member of Miles Davis’s band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of jazz fusion. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever. Along with McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, and Keith Jarrett, Corea is considered to have been one of the foremost jazz pianists of the post-John Coltrane era.

BERKELEY, CA - MAY 1980: Chick Corea performs during the Berkeley Jazz Festival at the Greek Theatre in May 1980 in Berkeley, California. (Photo by Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 10: Jazz musician Chick Corea, winner of Best Improvised Jazz Solo for "Hot House" and Best Instrumental Composition for "Mozart Goes Dancing," poses in the press room at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)