Born Armando Corea on June 12, 1941 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, the acclaimed
jazz and fusion keyboardist was better known by his nickname Chick Corea.
Learning to play the piano at the age of four, Chick Corea cut his teeth by
working with Stan Getz and Herbie Mann and became a key member of Miles Davis'
group, playing on the legendary albums Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968) and Bitches
Brew (1969), which helped take jazz into an ever more avant-garde, free-form and
psychedelic territory. He formed the Brazilian/Latin inspired group Return to
Forever in 1972 alongside Flora Purim (vo...