Septet (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.[1]

Septet
Studio album by
Released1985
RecordedOctober, 1984
GenreJazz
Length39:38
LabelECM
ProducerChick Corea
Chick Corea chronology
Trio Music Live in Europe
(1984)
Septet
(1985)
The Chick Corea Elektric Band
(1986)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

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

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

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References

  1. ECM discography accessed September 23, 2011 Archived October 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Allmusic overview accessed September 23, 2011
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. "Chick Corea". grammy.com. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
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