I'll leave the discussion of Chick Corea the jazz pianist to another, wiser scribe. I was exposed to Chick through his work with the jazz/fusion outfit Return To Forever. Since then, I've snatched up various Corea albums, which run the gamut from avant-garde jazz/classical hybrids to traditional jazz. His roots hark back to that great gnarled tree in the forest, Miles Davis, though Chick has long since spawned his own musical seedlings. I've included his albums with RTF and Circle in the discography below, since for me Corea is the gateway into these recordings.
| Date | ALBUMS / Singles |
|---|---|
| 1966 December | TONES FOR JOAN'S BONES |
| 1968 April | NOW HE SINGS, NOW HE SOBS |
| 1969 July | IS |
| 1970 May | THE SONG OF SINGING |
| 1970 | PIANO IMPROVISATIONS VOL. 1 |
| 1971 February | A.R.C. |
| 1971 March | PARIS-CONCERT |
| 1972 | PIANO IMPROVISATIONS VOL. 2 |
| 1972 | INNER SPACE |
| 1972 | RETURN TO FOREVER |
| 1973 | LIGHT AS A FEATHER |
| 1973 September | HYMN OF THE SEVENTH GALAXY |
| 1973 November | CRYSTAL SILENCE |
| 1973 | BLISS! |
| 1974 September | WHERE HAVE I KNOWN YOU BEFORE |
| 1974 | Earth Juice |
| 1974 | SUNDANCE |
| 1974 | ROUND TRIP |
| 1975 | LIVE IN NEW YORK |
| 1975 February | NO MYSTERY |
| 1975 | Jungle Waterfall |
| 1975 | CIRCLING IN |
| 1976 March | ROMANTIC WARRIOR |
| 1976 | THE LEPRECHAUN |
| 1976 November | MY SPANISH HEART |
| 1976 | WALKMAN JAZZ |
| 1977 March | MUSICMAGIC |
| 1977 | Musicmagic |
| 1977 | LIVE AND UNRELEASED |
| 1978 | R.T.F. LIVE |
| 1978 | THE MAD HATTER |
| 1978 | The Mad Hatter Rhapsody |
| 1978 | FRIENDS |
| 1978 | CIRCULUS |
| 1978 | SECRET AGENT |
| 1978 | Central Park |
| 1978 | Hot News Blues |
| 1978 | AN EVENING WITH HERBIE HANCOCK AND CHICK COREA IN CONCERT |
| 1978 | BEFORE FOREVER |
| 1979 | DELPHI I |
| 1979 | COREAHANCOCK |
| 1979 | DUET |
| 1980 | TAP STEP |
| 1980 | THE BEST OF RETURN TO FOREVER |
| 1981 March | THREE QUARTETS |
| 1981 | LIVE IN MONTREUX |
| 1981 | CHICK COREA HERBIE HANCOCK KEITH JARRETT McCOY TYNER |
| 1981 | CHICK COREA AND GARY BURTON IN CONCERT (ZURICH, OCTOBER 28 1979) |
| 1982 | TRIO MUSIC |
| 1982 June | TOUCHSTONE |
| 1982 | LA FIESTA |
| 1982/3 | LIVE AT MIDEM |
| 1983 | AGAIN AND AGAIN (THE JOBURG SESSIONS) |
| 1983 | LYRIC SUITE FOR SEXTET |
| 1984 | THE MEETING |
| 1984 | CHILDREN'S SONGS |
| 1985 | WORKS |
| 1985 | VOYAGE |
| 1985 | SEPTET |
| 1985 | SEA JOURNEY |
| 1986 | THE CHICK COREA ELEKTRIC BAND |
| 1986 | TRIO MUSIC LIVE IN EUROPE |
| 1987 June 1 | LIGHT YEARS |
| 1987 | Light Years |
| 1988 May 16 | EYE OF THE BEHOLDER |
| 1988 | EARLY DAYS |
| 1989 March 6 | CHICK COREA AKOUSTIC BAND |
| 1990 April 3 | INSIDE OUT |
| 1991 January 22 | ALIVE |
| 1991 August 13 | BENEATH THE MASK |
| 1991 | COMPACT JAZZ: CHICK COREA |
| 1991 | THE JAZZ COLLECTOR EDITION/PIANO GIANTS: CHICK COREA & MIKE LONGO |
| 1992 | EARLY CIRCLE |
| 1992 | LIVE IN TOKYO |
| 1992 | PLAY |
| 1992 | Spain |
| 1993 March | HOT LICKS: SEABREEZE |
| 1993 June 15 | THE BEST OF CHICK COREA |
| 1993 September 14 | PAINT THE WORLD |
| 1993 | COMPACT JAZZ: CHICK COREA THE SEVENTIES |
| 1994 March | JAZZ MASTERS 3 |
| 1994 May 24 | EXPRESSIONS |
| 1995 | TIME WARP |
| 1995 | The Wish |
| 1996 February | SOUND OF JAZZ |
| 1996 May 21 | MUSIC FOREVER |
| 1996 September 24 | THE BEGINNING |
| 1996 | THE MOZART SESSIONS |
| 1996 | Song For Amadeus |
| 1996 | RETURN TO THE SEVENTH GALAXY |
| 1996 | THIS IS JAZZ, VOL. 12 |
| 1997 February 18 | REMEMBERING BUD POWELL |
| 1997 October 14 | NATIVE SENSE |
| 1997 | PRICELESS JAZZ COLLECTION |
| 1998 January | ORIGIN |
| 1998 June | THE GOLD COLLECTION |
| 1998 November 3 | LIKE MINDS |
| 1998 November | A WEEK AT THE BLUE NOTE |
| 1998 November 17 | CHICK COREA AND FRIENDS |
| 1999 March | CONVERGE |
| 1999 June 8 | CHANGE |
| 1999 October 26 | COREA.CONCERTO |
| 2000 March | LES INCONTOURNABLES |
| 2000 May 23 | IMMORTAL CONCERTS |
| 2000 | LIVE FROM BLUE NOTE TOKYO |
| 2000 May 16 | IN CONCERT |
| 2000 June | PIANO STANDARDS |
| 2000 June | PIANO ORIGINALS |
| 2001 April 10 | PAST, PRESENT & FUTURES |
| 2002 May 21 | SELECTED RECORDINGS |
| 2003 March | I AIN'T MAD AT YOU |
| 2003 April 22 | RENDEZVOUS IN NEW YORK |
| 2004 August 24 | TO THE STARS |
SEE ALSO...
Echoes of an Era
STANLEY CLARKE discography
AL DI MEOLA discography
JOHN PATITUCCI discography
DAVE WECKL discography
LENNY WHITE discography
Johnny McLaughlin, Electric Guitarist
Jean-Luc Ponty: Open Mind
Mongo Santamaria: Go, Mongo!
Cat Stevens: Izitso
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