Chick Corea: Thelonius Monk - Round Midnight (Solo Piano 1983)

Chick Corea’s Solo Piano Concert was recorded at the Munich Piano Summer in 1983. Thelonius Monk - Round Midnight Watch the whole concert: Watch more performances from the Munich Piano Summer 1983: Armando Anthony “Chick“ Corea (born June 12, 1941) is an American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer. Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis’ band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever. Along with Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, and Keith Jarrett, he has been described as one of the major jazz piano voices to emerge in the post-John Coltrane era. Corea continued to pursue other collaborations and to explore various musical styles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He is also known for promoting and fundraising for a number of social issues. Münchner Klaviersommer (Munich Piano Summer) was a