Expressions (Chick Corea album)

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Expressions
Chick Corea Expressions.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1994
Genre Jazz
Length63:24
Label GRP
Producer Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen, Chick Corea
Chick Corea chronology
Paint the World
(1993)
Expressions
(1994)
Live in Montreux
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Expressions is an album by Chick Corea, released in 1994 through the record label GRP. The album peaked at number ten on Billboard 's Top Jazz Albums chart. [3]

Contents

The Album is dedicated to Art Tatum.

Track listing

  1. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:29
  2. "This Nearly Was Mine" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 3:32
  3. "It Could Happen To You" (Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen) – 3:35
  4. "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill) – 3:18
  5. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:05
  6. "Monk's Mood" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:33
  7. "Oblivion" (Bud Powell) – 3:46
  8. "Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:05
  9. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:59
  10. "Armando's Rhumba" (Chick Corea) – 4:18
  11. "Blues for Art" (Chick Corea) – 4:48
  12. "Stella By Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 4:34
  13. "I Want to Be Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 4:50
  14. "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, Geoff Parsons, John Turner) – 2:32

UK version added "Anna" written by A. J. Corea on the original album.

Personnel

Musician

Production

Chart performance

YearChartPosition
1994Billboard Jazz Albums10 [3]

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References

  1. Connolly, Dave. "Expressions - Chick Corea : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 306. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. 1 2 "Chick Corea: Charts & Awards". Allmusic . Retrieved August 5, 2011.