Septet (Chick Corea album)

Septet is an album by pianist Chick Corea featuring music for string quartet, piano, flute and French horn recorded in 1984 and released on the ECM label.[2]

Septet
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1985[1]
RecordedOctober 1984
GenreJazz
Length39:38
LabelECM
ProducerChick Corea
Chick Corea chronology
Voyage
(1985)
Septet
(1985)
Trio Music Live in Europe
(1986)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Composition.[5] The AllMusic review awarded the album 2 stars.[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "Po-faced and slight".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Chick Corea
  1. "1st Movement" - 1:57
  2. "2nd Movement" - 2:20
  3. "3rd Movement" - 8:08
  4. "4th Movement" - 5:31
  5. "5th Movement" - 9:58
  6. "The Temple of Isfahan" - 13:49
  • Recorded at Mad Hatter Studios in Los Angeles, California in October, 1984

Personnel

References

  1. "Septet". ECM.
  2. ECM discography accessed September 23, 2011 Archived October 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Allmusic overview accessed September 23, 2011
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. "Chick Corea". grammy.com. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
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