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Friends (Chick Corea album)

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Released
  
1978

Label
  
Polydor PD-1-6160 (LP)

Artist
  
Chick Corea

Producer
  
Chick Corea

Length
  
50:22

Friends (1978)
  
Delphi I (1979)

Release date
  
1978

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
1978, Kendun Recorders Inc. Burbank, CA

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Similar
  
Chick Corea albums, Jazz albums

The one step chick corea


Friends is an album recorded and released by Chick Corea in 1978.

Contents

The album does away with the string and horn sections of previous albums, instead focusing on a quartet with straight-ahead jazz in mind. The album cover features the Smurfs; a somewhat rare alternative cover replaces the Smurfs with porcelain animals, possibly for copyright reasons.

This album is one of three that Corea released in 1978, along with The Mad Hatter and Secret Agent. 1978 also featured the release of live albums An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert and RTF Live with Return to Forever.

Friends was nominated for, and received the 1979 Grammy award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group.

05 chick corea friends


Track listing

All pieces are composed by Chick Corea

Side one

  1. "The One Step" – 6:05
  2. "Waltse for Dave" – 7:32
  3. "Children's Song No. 5 – 1:15
  4. "Samba Song" – 10:00

Side two

  1. "Friends" – 9:26
  2. "Sicily" – 6:15
  3. "Children's Song #15" – 1:10
  4. "Cappucino" – 8:39

Personnel

  • Chick Corea – piano, electric piano, arrangement
  • Joe Farrell – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
  • Eddie Gómez – bass
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Songs

    1The One Step6:09
    2Waltse For Dave7:41
    3Children's Song #51:20

    References

    Friends (Chick Corea album) Wikipedia