This is FRESH AIR. Pianist, keyboardist and composer Chick Corea died last week at the age of 79. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says Corea's music covered a broad range of styles. Kevin has this ...

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Chick Corea, a jazz keyboardist and pianist, passed away due to a rare form of cancer, aged 79. A post on the celebrated jazz artist's Facebook page revealed the cancer was only found recently. The ...

Pianist Chick Corea ranks among a top few in his mastery of jazz dialects, but many among the modern masses speak with his accent. Corea is one of the major pioneers of fusion, and his far-ranging ...

Chick Corea, a creative keyboardist who spearheaded the jazz fusion movement, died Tuesday at home in Florida. He was 79. The cause was cancer, according to a statement on Corea’s website. “Chick ...

Chick Corea, the American jazz composer and electric keyboard trailblazer whose visionary fusion work stretched the traditional boundaries of genre, has died of a rare form of cancer. He was 79. Corea ...

The 1970s served as a breakthrough decade for solo jazz piano, with Keith Jarrett, Cecil Taylor, Andrew Hill and others using the format to construct cathedrals in the air. But solo piano is also a ...