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Also Known As Armando Anthony Corea
Born June 12, 1941 • Chelsea • Massachusetts
Died February 9, 2021 (aged 79)
Awards And Honors Grammy Award (2025) • Grammy Award (2019) • Grammy Award (2015) • Grammy Award (2013) • Grammy Award (2012) • Grammy Award (2010) • Grammy Award (2009) • Grammy Award (2007) • Grammy Award (2004) • Grammy Award (2001) • Grammy Award (2000) • Grammy Award (1999) • Grammy Award (1990) • Grammy Award (1989) • Grammy Award (1982) • Grammy Award (1980) • Grammy Award (1979) • Grammy Award (1977) • Grammy Award (1976)
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American musician
Count Basie, 1968
Count Basie
American musician
Jon Batiste, wearing a gold suit and sunglasses, plays electric guitar on stage in front of a large outdoor crowd at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Jon Batiste
American musician, composer, and singer
Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck
American musician
Harry Connick Jr. wearing a black suit and tie, posing in front of a gray event backdrop at the 23rd Annual Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California.
Harry Connick, Jr.
American musician and actor
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
The Genius
Ray Charles
American musician
Fats Waller
Fats Waller
American musician
Herbie Hancock smiling and wearing glasses, a black suit, and a red tie at the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
Herbie Hancock
American musician
Stan Kenton with Eddie Safranski
Stan Kenton
American musician
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
American musician
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
American musician
Morton, 1923
Jelly Roll Morton
American musician
McCoy Tyner
McCoy Tyner
American musician
Tito Puente
Tito Puente
American musician
Dudley Moore in Arthur (1981).
Dudley Moore
British actor, comedian, and musician
Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael
American composer, musician, and actor
Mary Lou Williams, c. 1947.
Mary Lou Williams
American musician, composer and educator
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American musician
Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau
American musician