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Chick Corea — Better Than Wakeman, Emerson or Elton?

Dan Nooger, Circus, March 1975

"I want to use my technique to communicate with people, not just to dazzle them," says Chick Corea, a slim, soft-spoken young man who could easily play Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, or Elton John under any keyboard they'd care to challenge him on.

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