Corea, Chick
(*1941)
Corea, Chick * June 12, 1941Corea, ChickChick Corea Jazz pianist Armando Anthony »Chick« Corea, of mixed Spanish and Italian descent, has been an important interpreter of Latin American popular music for North American audiences raised on rock ‘n’ roll. Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, raised in a musical household, musician since the age of four, and classically trained at the Julliard School (though he did not take a degree there), Corea began his career under the influence of Dizzy Gillespie…