Alive (Chick Corea album)

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Alive
Chick Corea AB Alive.jpg
Live album by
ReleasedFebruary 1991
RecordedDecember 16, 1989
Venue Sunset Gower Studios, Stage 7, LA
Genre Post-bop
Length63:48
Label GRP
Producer Chick Corea
Chick Corea chronology
Inside Out
(1990)
Alive
(1991)
Beneath the Mask
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Alive is a studio live album by the Chick Corea Akoustic Band, released in 1991 through the record label GRP. The album peaked at number three on Billboard 's Top Jazz Albums chart. [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 9:14
  2. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 11:40
  3. "Humpty Dumpty" (Chick Corea) – 8:51
  4. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 6:59
  5. "U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)" (Billy Strayhorn) – 5:29
  6. "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 8:39
  7. "Hackensack" (Thelonious Monk) – 2:41
  8. "Morning Sprite" (Chick Corea) – 10:15

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Chart performance

YearChartPosition
1991Billboard Top Jazz Albums3 [5]

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References

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  2. Giddins, Gary (26 April 1991). "Alive Review | Music Reviews and News". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on April 1, 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 167. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. "Chick Corea: Charts & Awards". Allmusic . Retrieved August 5, 2011.
  5. "Alive - Chick Corea's Akoustic Band | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.