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308. Chick Corea

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A key man in the genre of Jazz Fusion, there are few musicians who have garnered more critical acclaim than Chick Corea. With multiple Grammies and numerous albums that garnered respect, there was seemingly no Jazz legend that Corea didn’t play with, learn from or inspire. Corea was by no means the ground zero of Jazz, but he could be the Kevin Bacon as there is no Jazz man or Jazz style that he isn’t six degrees of separation from.

 

 

 

 

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Eligible Since:

1991

 

Country of Origin:

U.S.A. (Chelsea, MA)

 

Nominated In:

Never

 

NIHOF’s Favorite Album:

Piano Improvisations Volume 1 (1971)

 

NIHOF’s Favorite Song:

Song of Wind (From Sundance, 1969)

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0 #1 michaeljamesca -0001-11-29 19:00
If you ever saw Return to Forever live it probably changed the way you heard music for the rest of your life. PUT HIM / THEM in the Hall!!
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0 #2 michaeljamesca -0001-11-29 19:00
I agree that Chic was not ground zero for Jazz, but was part of ground zero for fusion.... literally. He and Herbie Hancock were the 2 keyboardists for Miles Davis "Bitches Brew" which was the start of fusion. Slated for the session on guitar was Jimmy Hendrix but died just weeks before he was supposed to go into the studio, Hendrix was replaced with John Mclaughlin. This "Fusion&qu ot; of rock and Jazz began the era. Chic was at ground zero for this movement.
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