In these live performances he used a devise called a ring modulator producing effects reminiscent of Karlheinz Stockhausen. Between 1968-1971 Corea worked closely with the avant garde which revealed his dissonant style which can be clearly heard in the live recordings he did with Miles Davis and Joe Farrell at that time. Some of his first professional work was with Cab Calloway and some of his first recordings were with Blue Mitchell's quintet that featured his own work ""Chick's Tune"", which even then demonstrated his angular melodic ideas combined with his latin rhythmic writing style. He moved to New York to study firstly at Columbia University, then at The Julliard School but left both very early on in his studies because he found the courses disappointing, but he liked the music scene in the city so stayed in New York and started to work professionally. He started to play the piano aged four and later took up the drums aged eight. Growing up surrounded by jazz music he was introduced from a very early age to Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Lester Young. His father was a jazz trumpet player who ran his own dixieland band. He was born in 1941 in Massachusetts of South Italian descent. As a member of Miles Davis' band he participated in the birth of the electric jazz/fusion revolution. Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards and classics. * Alternative Parts are included for standard British Brass Band Ten Part Instrumentation :Īrmando Anthony ""Chick"" Corea is an American jazz and fusion composer and pianist. Category: SUPERBRASS 10 Part Composer: Chick Corea Arranger: Julian Hepple
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