An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert
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An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert is a live album recorded over the course of several live performances in February 1978 and released that same year.
The album features just Herbie Hancock
and Chick Corea
each playing acoustic piano
. The use of only acoustic piano comes as a marked departure from both men's favoring of electric keyboards
and a more jazz fusion
style at the time.
Herbie Hancock was credited with this album, while Chick Corea was credited with the album CoreaHancock
, another recording from the concert tour with the two artists, released by Polydor. The vinyl's liner notes state that the fourth side of the album's sound had to be compressed to fit the 35 minutes of "Maiden Voyage
" and "La Fiesta" on one side; this was done to preserve the integrity of the performance, and therefore contains a lower sound quality. The CD version avoids this issue.
On vinyl, "February Moment" and its introduction are indexed as one track. The liner notes mention that since the fourth side is over 35 minutes in length that sound fidelity will be of lesser quality than the other four sides, but was designed to keep the medley of "Maiden Voyage / La Fiesta" intact. CD reissues avoid this problem.
The album features just Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
and Chick Corea
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
each playing acoustic piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
. The use of only acoustic piano comes as a marked departure from both men's favoring of electric keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
and a more jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
style at the time.
Herbie Hancock was credited with this album, while Chick Corea was credited with the album CoreaHancock
CoreaHancock
CoreaHancock is an acoustic live album by Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock. It was recorded over the course of several live performances in February 1978 and released in 1979. Corea has first billing on this album and Hancock was credited for An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert,...
, another recording from the concert tour with the two artists, released by Polydor. The vinyl's liner notes state that the fourth side of the album's sound had to be compressed to fit the 35 minutes of "Maiden Voyage
Maiden Voyage (composition)
"Maiden Voyage" is a jazz composition by Herbie Hancock from his 1965 album Maiden Voyage. It features Hancock's quartet – trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams – with additional saxophonist George Coleman...
" and "La Fiesta" on one side; this was done to preserve the integrity of the performance, and therefore contains a lower sound quality. The CD version avoids this issue.
Side one
- "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Churchill, Morey) – 12:39
- "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)"Liza " is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn. It was introduced in 1929 by Ruby Keeler in Florenz Ziegfeld's musical Show Girl. The stage performances were accompanied by the Duke Ellington Orchestra...
" (George GershwinGeorge GershwinGeorge Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
, Kahn) – 9:00
Side three
- "Introduction of Herbie Hancock by Chick Corea" (Chick Corea) – 0:41
- "February Moment" (Hancock) – 15:47
Side four
- "Maiden VoyageMaiden Voyage (composition)"Maiden Voyage" is a jazz composition by Herbie Hancock from his 1965 album Maiden Voyage. It features Hancock's quartet – trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams – with additional saxophonist George Coleman...
" (Hancock) – 13:31 - "La Fiesta" (Corea) – 22:02
On vinyl, "February Moment" and its introduction are indexed as one track. The liner notes mention that since the fourth side is over 35 minutes in length that sound fidelity will be of lesser quality than the other four sides, but was designed to keep the medley of "Maiden Voyage / La Fiesta" intact. CD reissues avoid this problem.