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 | |
|---|---|
![]() Corea in 1976 | |
| Studio albums | 81 |
| Live albums | 17 |
| Compilation albums | 9 |
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 | Light as a Feather | Polydor | ||
| 1973 | Crystal Silence | ECM | with Gary Burton | |
| 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 | |
| 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
- Paris Concert (ECM, 1972) – with Circle. recorded in 1971
- 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.
- Woodstock Jazz Festival 2 (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
- Live in Molde (MNJ, 2005) – with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
- Duet (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: Live at The Blue Note Jazz Café (Telarc Jazz, 2017)
- 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 Circle
With Dave Holland and Barry Altschul
- Circling In (Blue Note, 1970)
- Circulus (Blue Note, 1970)
- Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert (CBS/Sony Japan, 1970)
- Paris Concert (ECM, 1971)
- Circle 2: Gathering (CBS/Sony Japan, 1971)
With Return to Forever
- Return To Forever (ECM, recorded in 1972)
- 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)
- The Mothership Returns (Eagle, 2012) - 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)
- Mark Weinstein, Cuban Roots (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, In The Pocket (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)
- Letizia Gambi, Introducing Letizia Gambi (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)
References
- "Early Years: 1941-71 | Chick Corea".
- "Chick Corea".
- "RPM Top 100 Albums - May 20, 1978" (PDF).
- Plays at AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
