Chick Corea discography
Chick Corea (1941–2021) was an American jazz pianist and composer born on June 12, 1941, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Chick started learning piano at age four. He recorded his first album in 1966 with Tones For Joan's Bones.[1] Corea performed with Blue Mitchell, Willie Bobo, Cal Tjader, and Herbie Mann in the mid-1960s. In the late 1960s, he performed with Stan Getz and Miles Davis. He became a role model for many young jazz pianists of the 1970s. He is often ranked with Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett as one of the most important pianists to appear after Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner, and he composed such prominent jazz standards as "Spain", "La Fiesta", and "Windows".[2]
Chick Corea discography | |
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![]() Corea in 1976 | |
Studio albums | 81 |
Live albums | 17 |
Compilation albums | 9 |
Albums
Studio albums
Release year | Title | Label | Notes |
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1968 | Tones for Joan's Bones | Vortex | rec. 1966 |
1968 | Now He Sings, Now He Sobs | Solid State | |
1969 | Is | Solid State | |
1971 | The Sun | Express (Japan) | rec. 1970; with Steve Grossman, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Steve Jackson |
1972 | Sundance | Groove Merchant | rec. 1969 |
1970 | The Song of Singing | Blue Note | |
1975 | Circling In | Blue Note | featuring Circle, rec. 1968 & 1970 |
1978 | Circulus | Blue Note | featuring Circle, rec. 1970 |
1971 | A.R.C. | ECM | with Dave Holland and Barry Altschul |
1971 | Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 | ECM | |
1972 | Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 | ECM | |
1972 | Return to Forever | ECM | |
1973 | Crystal Silence | ECM | with Gary Burton, rec. 1972 |
1976 | The Leprechaun | Polydor | |
1976 | My Spanish Heart | Polydor | |
1978 | The Mad Hatter | Polydor | (#81 Canada May 20, 1978)[3] |
1978 | Secret Agent | Polydor | |
1978 | Friends | Polydor | |
1979 | Duet | ECM | with Gary Burton, rec. 1972 |
1979 | Delphi I | Polydor | |
1980 | Delphi II & III | Polydor | |
1980 | Tap Step | Warner Bros. | |
1980 | Greatest Hits of 1790 | Columbia Masterworks | with Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York |
1981 | Three Quartets | Stretch | |
1982 | Trio Music | ECM | |
1982 | Touchstone | Stretch | with Paco de Lucia |
1983 | Again and Again | Elektra/Musician | |
1983 | Lyric Suite for Sextet | ECM | with Gary Burton |
1983 | On Two Pianos | Deutsche Grammophon | with Nicolas Economou |
1983 | The Meeting | Philips | with Friedrich Gulda |
1983 | Fantasy for Two Pianos | Teldec | with Friedrich Gulda |
1984 | Children's Songs | ECM | |
1985 | Voyage | ECM | with Steve Kujala |
1985 | Septet | ECM | |
1986 | The Chick Corea Elektric Band | GRP | |
1987 | Light Years | GRP | with Elektric Band |
1987 | Summer Night: Live | Example | with Akoustic Band |
1980 | Chick Corea Featuring Lionel Hampton | Chiaroscuro | |
1988 | Eye of the Beholder | GRP | with Elektric Band |
1989 | Chick Corea Akoustic Band | GRP | |
1990 | Inside Out | GRP | with Elektric Band |
1991 | Beneath the Mask | GRP | with Elektric Band |
1991 | Alive | GRP | with Akoustic Band |
1992 | Play | Blue Note | with Bobby McFerrin |
1993 | Elektric Band II: Paint the World | GRP | |
2000 | Seabreeze | Past Perfect | |
1994 | Expressions | GRP | Example |
1995 | Time Warp | Stretch | |
1996 | The Mozart Sessions | Sony Classical | with Bobby McFerrin |
1996 | From Nothing | Stretch | |
1997 | Remembering Bud Powell | Stretch | |
1997 | Native Sense - The New Duets | Stretch | with Gary Burton |
1998 | Like Minds | Concord | with Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland |
1999 | Change | Stretch | with Origin |
1999 | Corea Concerto: Spain for Sextet & Orchestra – Piano Concerto No. 1 | Sony Classical/Stretch | with Origin |
2000 | Solo Piano: Originals | Stretch | |
2000 | Solo Piano: Standards | Stretch | |
2001 | Past, Present & Futures | Stretch | |
2003 | Rendezvous in New York | Stretch | |
2004 | To the Stars | Stretch | with Elektric Band |
2005 | Rhumba Flamenco | Chick Corea | |
2006 | The Ultimate Adventure | Stretch | |
2007 | The Enchantment | Concord | with Béla Fleck |
2007 | Dr. Joe | Stretch | with Antonio Sanchez, John Patitucci |
2007 | From Miles | Stretch | with Eddie Gómez, Jack DeJohnette |
2007 | Chillin' in Chelan | Stretch | with Christian McBride, Jeff Ballard |
2007 | The Boston Three Party | Stretch | with Eddie Gomez, Airto Moreira |
2007 | Brooklyn, Paris to Clearwater | Stretch | with Hadrien Feraud, Richie Barshay |
2011 | Orvieto | ECM | with Stefano Bollani |
2012 | Further Explorations | Concord Jazz | with Eddie Gomez and Paul Motian |
2012 | Hot House | Concord Jazz | with Gary Burton |
2012 | The Continents: Concerto for Jazz Quintet & Chamber Orchestra | Deutsche Grammophon | |
2013 | The Vigil | Concord Jazz | with Hadrien Feraud, Marcus Gilmore, Tim Garland and Charles Altura |
2014 | Solo Piano – Portraits | Concord Jazz | |
2017 | Chinese Butterfly | Stretch/Concord | with Steve Gadd |
2019 | Antidote | Concord Jazz | with The Spanish Heart Band |
2020 | Plays | Concord Jazz | [4] |
Live albums
- An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert with Herbie Hancock (Columbia, 1978)
- CoreaHancock with Herbie Hancock (Polydor, 1979)
- Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert with Lionel Hampton (RVC, 1980)
- In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 with Gary Burton (ECM, 1980)
- Trio Music Live in Europe (ECM, 1986)
- Live in Montreux with Joe Henderson, et al. (GRP, 1994) – recorded at Montreux Jazz Festival in 1981
- The Trio Live From Country Club (Stretch, 1996) – recorded in 1982
- Elektric Band, Live from Elario's (First Gig) (Stretch, 1996) – recorded in 1985
- Akoustic Band, Live from Blue Note Tokyo (Stretch, 1996) – recorded in 1992
- Woodstock Jazz Festival 1 with Lee Konitz, et al. (Douglas Music, 1997) – recorded in 1981
- Woodstock Jazz Festival 2 with Lee Konitz, et al. (Douglas Music, 1997) – recorded in 1981
- Origin, Live at the Blue Note (Stretch, 1998)
- Origin, A Week at the Blue Note (Stretch, 1998)[6CD]
- Akoustic Band, Rendezvous In New York: Live at The Blue Note with Bobby McFerrin, et al. (Stretch, 2003) – recorded in 2001
- The Song Is You with Anthony Braxton, et al. (Douglas, 2005) - recorded in 1981
- Live in Molde with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (MNJ, 2005)
- Duet with Hiromi (Stretch, 2008) - recorded in 2007 at Blue Note Tokyo
- The New Crystal Silence with Gary Burton (Concord, 2008) – recorded in 2007
- Five Peace Band Live with John McLaughlin (Concord, 2009) – recorded in 2008
- Forever with Stanley Clarke and Lenny White (Concord, 2011) – recorded in 2009
- Trilogy (Universal, 2013) – Grammy winning album. recorded in 2010 and 2012.
- Two with Béla Fleck (Concord, 2015)[2CD]
- The Musician (Concord Jazz, 2017)[3CD]
- Elektric Band, Live in Tokyo 1987 (Universal Music, 2017) – recorded in 1987
- Trilogy 2 (Universal Music, 2018) – recorded in 2010–16. Grammy winning album.
- Akoustic Band, Live with John Patitucci and Dave Weckl (Stretch, 2019)[2D] – recorded in 2018. Grammy winning track included.
As group leader
Circle
With Anthony Braxton, Dave Holland and Barry Altschul
- Circling In (Blue Note, 1970)
- Circulus (Blue Note, 1970)
- Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert (CBS/Sony, 1970)
- Paris Concert (ECM, 1972) – recorded in 1971
- Circle 2: Gathering (CBS/Sony, 1971)
- Return To Forever (ECM, 1972) – as Chick Corea's album
- Light as a Feather (Polydor, 1973) - recorded in 1972
- Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (Polydor, 1973)
- Where Have I Known You Before (Polydor, 1974)
- No Mystery (Polydor, 1975)
- Romantic Warrior (Columbia, 1976)
- Musicmagic (Columbia, 1977)
- Live (Columbia, 1977) – live
- Returns (Eagle, 2009) – live recorded in 2008
- The Mothership Returns (Eagle, 2012)[2CD + DVD-Video] – live
As sideman
With Stanley Clarke
With Miles Davis
With Richard Davis
With Joe Farrell
With Stan Getz
With Joe Henderson
With Eric Kloss
With Hubert Laws
With Herbie Mann
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With Al di Meola
With Blue Mitchell
With John Patitucci
With Wayne Shorter
With Cal Tjader
With others
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Compilations
- Inner Space (Atlantic, 1973) – contains all previously published and two unreleased tracks from Tones for Joan's Bones recorded in 1966 & 1968
- Chick Corea/Herbie Hancock/Keith Jarret/McCoy Tyner (Atlantic, 1976)
- Chick Corea Compact Jazz (Polydor, 1987)
- Best of Chick Corea (Blue Note, 1993)
- Music Forever & Beyond: The Selected Works of Chick Corea 1964 - 1996 (GRP, 1996) – discs 1-4 are a career-spanning retrospective; disc 5 is all-new recordings of standards, and one original, with the Time Warp quartet
- Selected Recordings (ECM, 2002)
- The Complete "Is" Sessions (Blue Note, 2002) – combined two live albums Is and Sundance with alternate takes
- Very Best of Chick Corea (Universal, 2004)
- Electric Chick (Verve, 2008)
References
- "Early Years: 1941-71 | Chick Corea".
- "Chick Corea".
- "RPM Top 100 Albums - May 20, 1978" (PDF).
- Plays at AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2021.