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What jazz pianist died today?

Chick Corea
American jazz pianist and composer Chick Corea died of cancer at age 79, according to a post on his Facebook page. The post said Corea passed away due to a rare form of cancer, which was only recently discovered.

Did Chick Corea pass away?

February 9, 2021
Chick Corea/Date of death

Who did Chick Corea perform with?

During the mid-1960s Corea played with Blue Mitchell, Willie Bobo, Cal Tjader, and Herbie Mann and in the late 1960s with Stan Getz and Miles Davis. Corea led his own groups called Circle and Return to Forever during the 1970s.

Is jazz a dying genre?

In 2014, Nielsen reported that jazz garners a whopping 1.4% of music consumption in the United States. Jazz’s most recent and popular representations in “Whiplash” and “La La Land” claim it’s dying. And perhaps, this is true. For most people, jazz is sadly irrelevant.

What jazz musicians died in 2020?

We lost far too many jazz musicians this year to even mention all of them. The drummers alone we lost include Jon Christensen, Ray Mantilla, Jimmy Cobb, Charli Persip, Viola Smith and Candido Camero. Earlier in the year, FRESH AIR remembered pianist McCoy Tyner and saxophonist Lee Konitz.

What killed Chuck Corea?

Cancer
Chick Corea/Cause of death

Who is Chick Corea’s first wife?

In 2006 Corea was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, and over his career he picked up 23 Grammy awards, having been nominated 60 times. He is survived by his wife, Gayle Moran, his son Thaddeus and daughter Liana from a previous marriage, and by two grandchildren.

Who is Corea daughter?

Liana Corea
She survives him, as do a son, Thaddeus Corea; a daughter, Liana Corea; and two grandchildren. In the early 1970s, Mr. Corea converted to Scientology, and the religion’s teachings informed much of his music from then on, including his work with Return to Forever.

Why is jazz not popular anymore?

Jazz simply no longer signals cool sophistication. I think jazz has been mostly displaced by hip-hop and electronic music. Of course, many jazz musicians and hip-hop and electronic artists defy this observation and make use of one another’s genres.

Who was the jazz pianist that just died?

Stanley Cowell, Jazz Pianist With a Wide Range, Dies at 79 His playing consolidated generations of musical history. He was also a composer, an educator and the founder of an important artist-run record label. The pianist and composer Stanley Cowell in performance at the Beacon Theater in New York in 2017.

Who was the jazz pianist who played with the Giants?

Junior Mance, Jazz Pianist Who Played With Giants, Dies at 92 After working with Dizzy Gillespie and many others, he emerged as, in one critic’s words, “one of the most swinging and utterly delightful pianists in jazz.” The pianist Junior Mance in performance at Citicorp Plaza in Manhattan in 2012.

Who are some jazz musicians who died in car accidents?

Then again, other jazz musicians were plain unlucky: car and train accidents figure in the early deaths of some prominent jazz musicians. Trumpeter Woody Shaw was one such victim.

Who was the jazz pianist with Dizzy Gillespie?

After working with Dizzy Gillespie and many others, he emerged as, in one critic’s words, “one of the most swinging and utterly delightful pianists in jazz.” The pianist Junior Mance in performance at Citicorp Plaza in Manhattan in 2012.