He won a bunch for Jazz Solo and for Group Performance, so he racked up a bunch just by virtue of continuously working and being involved in stuff. Grammy Jazz voters are very safe, so as a known quantity he probably won a lot off name-recognition alone. Not discounting him at all, Chuck is an inspiration to me and one of the all-time greats. But yeah, if he were still around he’d probably dismiss most of his wins too.

78 studio albums

31 live albums

10 compilation albums

The secret to success in jazz is to just keep producing content. You’re bound to eventually have something stick, and then you get to play on everyone else’s albums too because your name means something.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Corea_discography

Not to diminish Chick’s accomplishments though. He, and his contemporaries like Herbie Hancock, invented new forms of jazz fusion.

I’ma be real; until I saw this post, I always assumed he was black. You know, cause of the jazz. It never occurred to me I had never seen a picture of him.