Chick Corea at the 2019 Zelt-Musik-Festival (Photo: Ice Boy Tell, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons)
NEW YORK (AP) — Chick Corea, a towering jazz pianist with a staggering 23 Grammy Awards, has died at age 79. Corea pushed the boundaries of the genre and worked alongside Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock. Corea died Tuesday of a rare form of cancer, his team posted on his website. His death was confirmed by Corea’s web and marketing manager, Dan Muse. In 1968, Corea replaced Herbie Hancock in Miles Davis’ group, playing on the landmark albums “In a Silent Way” and “Bitches Brew.” He formed his own avant-garde group, Circle, and then founded Return to Forever.
Mark Kennedy for the Associated Press
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