Chick Corea discography

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Chick Corea discography
Corea in 1976
Studio albums	81
Live albums	17
Compilation albums	9

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]

Albums[]

Studio albums[]

Release year	Title	Label	Notes
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		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		Deutsche Grammophon	with Nicolas Economou
1983		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		GRP
2000		Past Perfect
1994	Expressions	GRP	Example
1995	Time Warp	Stretch
1996	The Mozart Sessions	Sony Classical	with Bobby McFerrin
1996		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		Sony Classical/Stretch	with Origin
2000		Stretch
2000		Stretch
2001		Stretch
2003	Rendezvous in New York	Stretch
2004	To the Stars	Stretch	with Elektric Band
2005		Chick Corea
2006	The Ultimate Adventure	Stretch
2007	The Enchantment	Concord	with Béla Fleck
2007	Dr. Joe	Stretch	with Antonio Sanchez, John Patitucci
2007		Stretch	with Eddie Gómez, Jack DeJohnette
2007		Stretch	with Christian McBride, Jeff Ballard
2007		Stretch	with Eddie Gomez, Airto Moreira
2007		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		Deutsche Grammophon
2013	The Vigil	Concord Jazz	with Hadrien Feraud, Marcus Gilmore, Tim Garland and
2014		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 (Columbia, 1978)– with Herbie Hancock
• CoreaHancock (Polydor, 1979) – with Herbie Hancock
• Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert (RVC, 1980) – with Lionel Hampton
• In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 (ECM, 1980) – with Gary Burton
• Trio Music Live in Europe (ECM, 1986)
• Live in Montreux (GRP, 1994) – with Joe Henderson, Roy Haynes, Gary Peacock. recorded Montreux Jazz Festival in 1981.
• The Trio Live From Country Club (Stretch, 1996) – recorded in 1982
• Live from Elario's (First Gig) (Stretch, 1996) – with Elektric Band. recorded in 1985.
• Live from Blue Note Tokyo (Stretch, 1996) – with Akoustic Band. recorded in 1992.
• Woodstock Jazz Festival 1 (Douglas Music, 1997) – with Lee Konitz, Jack DeJohnette and Miroslav Vitous. recorded in 1981.
• (Douglas Music, 1997) – with Lee Konitz, Pat Metheney, Jack DeJohnette, Miroslav Vitous and Anthony Braxton. Recorded in 1981.
• Live at the Blue Note (Stretch, 1998) – with Origin
• A Week at the Blue Note (Stretch, 1998) – with Origin [6CD]
• Rendezvous In New York: Live at The Blue Note (Stretch, 2003) – with Bobby McFerrin, Roy Haynes, Miroslav Vitous, Christian McBride, Joshua Redman, Terence Blanchard and the Akoustic Band: John Patitucci and Dave Weckl. Recorded in December, 2001.
• The Song Is You (Douglas, 2005) - with Anthony Braxton, Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheney, Lee Konitz, and Miroslav Vitous. Recorded in 1981
• (MNJ, 2005) – with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
• (Stretch, 2008) - with Hiromi. recorded in 2007 at Blue Note Tokyo.
• The New Crystal Silence (Concord, 2008) – with Gary Burton. recorded in 2007.
• Five Peace Band Live (Concord, 2009) with John McLaughlin. recorded in 2008.
• Forever (Concord, 2011) – with Stanley Clarke and Lenny White. recorded in 2009.
• Trilogy (Universal, 2013) – Grammy winning album
• Two (Concord, 2015) - with Béla Fleck
• The Musician (Concord Jazz, 2017) – 3CD
• Live in Tokyo 1987 (Universal Music, 2017) – with Elektric Band. recorded in 1987.
• Trilogy 2 (Universal Music, 2018) – Grammy winning album. recorded in 2010–2016.

As group leader[]

Circle
With Anthony Braxton, Dave Holland and Barry Altschul

• Circling In (Blue Note, 1970)
• Circulus (Blue Note, 1970)
• (CBS/Sony, 1970)
• Paris Concert (ECM, 1972) – recorded in 1971
• (CBS/Sony, 1971)

Return to Forever

• Return To Forever (ECM, recorded in 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)
• Returns (Eagle, 2009) – recorded in 2008
• The Mothership Returns (Eagle, 2012) - 2CD + DVD Video. with Jean-Luc Ponty.

As sideman[]

With Stanley Clarke

• Children of Forever (Polydor, 1973)
• Journey to Love (Nemperor, 1975)
• Rocks, Pebbles and Sand (Epic, 1980)
• Up (Mack Avenue, 2014)

With Miles Davis

• Water Babies (Columbia, 1976) - recorded in1967–68
• Filles de Kilimanjaro (Columbia, 1968)
• In a Silent Way (Columbia, 1969)
• 1969 Miles Festiva De Juan Pins (CBS/Sony, 1993) - recorded in 1969
• Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (Columbia Legacy, 2013) - recorded in 1969
• Bitches Brew Live (2011) - recorded in 1969-70
• Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970)
• Black Beauty: Live at the Fillmore West (Columbia, 1977) - recorded in 1970
• Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East (Columbia, 1970)
• Miles at the Fillmore - Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3 (Columbia Legacy, 2014) - recorded in 1970. 4CD.
• Jack Johnson (a.k.a. A Tribute to Jack Johnson) (Columbia, 1971)
• Circle in the Round (Columbia, 1979) - recorded in 1955-70
• Live-Evil (Columbia, 1971)
• On the Corner (Columbia, 1972)
• Big Fun (Columbia, 1974) - recorded in 1969-1972

With Richard Davis

• The Philosophy of the Spiritual (Cobblestone, 1971)
• With Understanding (Muse, 1975)

With Joe Farrell

• Joe Farrell Quartet (CTI, 1970)
• Outback (CTI, 1971)
• Skate Board Park (Xanadu, 1979)

With Stan Getz

• Sweet Rain (Verve, 1967)
• What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (Verve, 1968)
• Captain Marvel (Verve, 1972)

With Joe Henderson

• Relaxin' at Camarillo (Contemporary, 1979)
• Mirror Mirror (MPS, 1980)
• Big Band (Verve, 1996)

With Eric Kloss

• To Hear Is to See! (Prestige, 1969)
• Consciousness! (Prestige, 1970)

With Hubert Laws

• The Laws of Jazz (Atlantic, 1964)
• Flute By-Laws (Atlantic, 1966)
• Laws' Cause (Atlantic, 1968)
• Wild Flower (Atlantic, 1972)
• Family (Columbia, 1980)
• Blanchard: New Earth Sonata (Columbia Masterworks, 1985)

With Herbie Mann

• Herbie Mann Plays The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (Atlantic, 1965)
• Monday Night at the Village Gate (Atlantic, 1966) - recorded in 1965
• Latin Mann (Columbia, 1965)
• Standing Ovation at Newport (Atlantic, 1965)

With Blue Mitchell

• The Thing to Do (Blue Note, 1964)
• Down with It! (Blue Note, 1965)
• Boss Horn (Blue Note, 1966)

With John Patitucci

• John Patitucci (GRP, 1987)
• On The Corner (GRP, 1989)
• Heart of the Bass (Stretch, 1992)

With Wayne Shorter

• Super Nova (Blue Note, 1969)
• Moto Grosso Feio (Blue Note, 1974) - recorded in 1970

With Cal Tjader

• Soul Burst (Verve, 1966)
• Along Comes Cal (Verve, 1967)

With others

• Mongo Santamaria, Skins (Milestone, 1962)
• Sonny Stitt, Stitt Goes Latin (Roost, 1963)
• Dave Pike, Manhattan Latin (Decca, 1964)
• , (Musicor, 1967)
• Pete La Roca, Turkish Women at the Bath (Douglas, 1967), reissued under Corea's name as Bliss (Muse, 1973)
• Donald Byrd, The Creeper (Blue Note, 1981) - recorded in 1967
• Armando Peraza, Wild Thing (Skye, 1968)
• Marion Brown, Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (ECM, 1970)
• Sadao Watanabe, Round Trip (CBS/Sony, 1970)
• Larry Coryell, Spaces (Vanguard, 1970)
• John Surman, Conflagration (Dawn, 1971)
• Elvin Jones, Merry-Go-Round (Blue Note. 1971)
• Rolf Kühn, Going to the Rainbow (BASF, 1971)
• Airto Moreira, Free (CTI, 1972)
• Anthony Braxton, The Complete Braxton (Freedom, 1973)
• Al di Meola, Land of the Midnight Sun (Columbia, 1976)
• Dee Dee Bridgewater, Just Family (Elektra, 1977)
• Ron Carter, Parade (Milestone, 1979)
• Gábor Szabó, Femme Fatale (Pepita, 1979)
• Tete Montoliu, Lunch in L.A. (Contemporary, 1980)
• Al di Meola, Splendido Hotel (Columbia, 1980)
• Allen Vizzutti, (Headfirst, 1981)
• Chaka Khan, Echoes of an Era (Elektra, 1982)
• David Friesen, Amber Skies (Palo Alto, 1983)
• Eddie Gómez, Gomez (Interface, 1984)
• L. Ron Hubbard & Friends, The Road to Freedom (Revenimus Music, 1986)
• Paco de Lucia Zyriab (Polygram, 1990)
• Allen Vizzutti, Skyrocket (Summit Records, 1995)
• Wallace Roney, Village (Warner Bros., 1997)
• Herbie Hancock, Gershwin's World (Verve, 1998)
• Miroslav Vitous, Universal Syncopations (ECM, 2003)
• Al di Meola, Consequence of Chaos (Telarc, 2006)
• Antonio Sánchez, Migration (CAM Jazz, 2007)
• , (Jando Music / Via Veneto Jazz, 2012)
• Eliane Elias, Mirror Mirror (Candid, 2021)

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)

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