Artist

Chick Corea

Wins

29

Nominations

77

Category

Classical Composing/Arranging Jazz Pop R&B

Biography

"You don't have to be Picasso or Rembrandt to create something. The fun of it, the joy of creating, is way high above anything else to do with the art form."

  • Born Armando Anthony Corea June 12, 1941, in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
     
  • Chick Corea broke through with his 1968 release, Now He Sings, Now He Sobs. The jazz trio-based album featured Corea on piano, as well as Miroslav Vitous on bass and Roy Haynes on drums. Corea's 1976 album, The Leprechaun, became his highest-charting album on the Billboard 200, landing at No. 42.
     
  • At the 18th GRAMMY Awards, Corea took home his first GRAMMY for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group for "No Mystery," the title track to his 1975 album with his band Return To Forever. At the 46th GRAMMY Awards in 2004, Corea joined the Foo Fighters for a performance of "Times Like These," marking his GRAMMY stage debut.  
     
  • Corea is currently the artist with the most jazz GRAMMY wins. Now He Sings, Now He Sobs was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in 1999.
     
  • In 2009 Corea participated in a GRAMMY U SoundChecks installment alongside Stanley Clarke and Lenny White.
     
  • In 2019, the GRAMMY Museum welcomed Chick Corea for a conversation discussing his remarkable career and documentary, Chick Corea: In the Mind of a Master, which offers a behind-the-scenes look into the making of Chick's 2019 album, Antidote, with the Spanish Heart Band. Watch the conversation here.

 

All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album

    Trilogy 3 (Live)

    Brian Blade, Christian McBride, Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Performance Winner

    Windows - Live

    Brian Blade, Christian McBride, Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Performance

    Juno

    Chick Corea, Béla Fleck

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner

    Remembrance

    Chick Corea, Béla Fleck, Richard Battaglia, Bernie Kirsh

  • Best Instrumental Composition

    Remembrance

    Chick Corea

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Sardinia

    Chick Corea, Bernie Kirsh

  • Best Latin Jazz Album Winner

    Mirror Mirror

    Eliane Elias, Rich Breen, Marc Johnson, Chucho Valdés, Chick Corea, Steven Rodby, Joseph Branciforte

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album

    Akoustic Band LIVE

    John Patitucci, Chick Corea, Dave Weckl

  • Best Classical Compendium

    Plays

    Chick Corea, Bernie Kirsh

  • Best Jazz Performance Winner

    Humpty Dumpty (Set 2)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Performance Winner

    All Blues

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner

    Trilogy 2

    Brian Blade, Christian McBride, Brian Vibberts, Chick Corea, Bernie Kirsh

  • Best Latin Jazz Album Winner

    Antidote

    Marcus Gilmore, Chick Corea, Carlos Del Puerto, Steve Davis, Bernie Kirsh, Michael Rodriguez, Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band, Gayle Moran Corea, Nino de los Reyes, Niño Josele, Jorge Pardo, Luisito Quintero

  • Best Jazz Performance Winner

    Fingerprints

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner

    Trilogy

    Brian Blade, Christian McBride, Brian Vibberts, Chick Corea, Bernie Kirsh, Chick Corea Trio

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album

    Further Explorations

    Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian

  • Best Jazz Performance Winner

    Hot House

    Gary Burton, Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album

    Hot House

    Gary Burton, Chick Corea

  • Best Instrumental Composition Winner

    Mozart Goes Dancing

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Performance

    Alice In Wonderland

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner

    Forever

    Buck Snow, Brian Vibberts, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Bernie Kirsh, Lenny White

  • Best Jazz Performance Winner

    500 Miles High

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner

    Five Peace Band - Live

    Vinnie Colaiuta, Christian McBride, Buck Snow, Brian Vibberts, Chick Corea, Sven Hoffman, Kenny Garrett, Bernie Kirsh, John McLaughlin, John McLaughlin Five Peace Band

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner

    The New Crystal Silence

    Gary Burton, Tony David Cray, Buck Snow, Brian Vibberts, Chick Corea, Tim Garland, Bernie Kirsh

  • Best Instrumental Composition

    Alegria

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Performance

    Waltz For Debby

    Gary Burton, Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner

    The Ultimate Adventure

    Buck Snow, Chick Corea, Al Schmitt, Bernie Kirsh

  • Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella Winner

    Three Ghouls

    Chick Corea

  • Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

    The Long Passage

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Performance Winner

    Matrix

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album

    Rendezvous In New York

    Chick Corea

  • Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

    Armando's Rhumba

    Chick Corea, Bobby McFerrin

  • Classical Crossover

    Corea.Concerto ('Spain' For Sextet & Orch.; Piano Con. No. 1) (Album)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella Winner

    Spain For Sextet & Orchestra

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album

    Change (Album)

    Avishai Cohen, Bob Sheppard, Chick Corea And Origin, Chick Corea, Steve Davis, Jeff Ballard, Steve Wilson

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner

    Like Minds

    Gary Burton, Roy Haynes, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland

  • Best Instrumental Composition

    Little Flamenco (Track)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Performance

    Wigwam (Track)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album

    Native Sense - The New Duets (Album)

    Gary Burton, Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Performance Winner

    Rhumbata

    Gary Burton, Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album

    Remembering Bud Powell (Album)

    Roy Haynes, Christian McBride, Joshua Redman, Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Wallace Roney

  • Best Instrumental Composition

    New Life (Track)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Performance

    Lush Life (Track)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Instrumental Composition

    Blue Miles (Track)

    Chick Corea

  • Contemporary Jazz Album

    Paint The World (Album)

    Jimmy Earl, Eric Marienthal, Gary Novak, Chick Corea Elektric Band II, Chick Corea, Mike Miller

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album

    Alive (Album)

    Chick Corea, Chick Corea Akoustic Band, Dave Weckl

  • Best Jazz Fusion Performance

    Inside Out (Album)

    Eric Marienthal, Chick Corea Elektric Band, Chick Corea, Frank Gambale

  • Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

    Tale Of Daring, Chapters 1-4 (Track)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner

    Chick Corea Akoustic Band

    John Patitucci, Chick Corea, Chick Corea Akoustic Band, Dave Weckl

  • Best Instrumental Composition

    Morning Sprite (Track)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Performance

    Sophisticated Lady (Track)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album

    Amnesia (Track)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Instrumental Composition

    Eternal Child (Track)

    Chick Corea

  • Best R&B Instrumental Performance Winner

    Light Years

    Chick Corea

  • Pop Instrumental Performance

    Light Years (Track)

    Eric Marienthal, Chick Corea Elektric Band, Chick Corea, Frank Gambale

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album

    Trio Music, Live In Europe (Album)

    Roy Haynes, Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitour

  • Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Corea: Septet (Track)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Instrumental Composition

    Elektric City (Track)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Fusion Performance

    The Chick Corea Elektric Band (Album)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album

    Voyage (Album)

    Steve Kujala, Chick Corea

  • Chamber Music Performance

    Corea: Lyric Suite For Sextet (Album)

    Gary Burton, Karen Dreyfus, Chick Corea, Ikwhan Bae, Carol Shive, Fred Sherry

  • Best Jazz Performance

    Trio Music (Album)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner

    Chick Corea & Gary Burton In Concert - Zurich, October 28, 1979

    Gary Burton, Chick Corea

  • Best Instrumental Composition

    Central Park (Track)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Fusion Performance

    Chick Corea/Secret Agent (Album)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner

    Duet

    Gary Burton, Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner

    Friends

    Chick Corea

  • Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

    Falling Alice (Track)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Instrumental Composition

    Friends

    Chick Corea

  • Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

    Mad Hatter Rhapsody (Track)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

    Musicmagic (Single)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella Winner

    Leprechaun's Dream

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner

    The Leprechaun

    Chick Corea

  • Best Instrumental Composition

    Leprechaun's Dream (Single)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album Winner

    No Mystery

    Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea And Return To Forever, Al DiMeola, Lenny White

  • Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

    Spain (Track)

    Chick Corea

  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album

    Light As A Feather (Album)

    Chick Corea, Chick Corea And Return To Forever

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