Chick Corea, who has died at age 79, was one of the three great jazz pianists who rose to prominence in the 1970s. His death leaves only Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett as the remaining piano superstars who, for almost 50 years, have shaped how the instrument is approached.
Corea was of Italian descent, his father a Dixieland jazz trumpeter. He initially established himself as a sideman and it was not until his stint with the Miles Davis band – including …
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