Tap Step

Tap Step
Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedDecember 1979 – January 1980
StudioOcean Way Recording Studio (track A1) & Love Castle Studios (tracks A2–B4), Los Angeles, California, USA
GenreJazz
Length40:38
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerChick Corea
Chick Corea chronology
Delphi II & III
(1980)
Tap Step
(1980)
Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Tap Step is a studio album recorded by Chick Corea in 1979 & 1980.[1] It features previous Corea collaborators Flora Purim, Joe Farrell, Stanley Clarke and Gayle Moran, along with percussionists Airto, Don Alias and Laudir de Oliveira.

Recording

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The album was recorded in December 1979 and January 1980.[2] All of the seven tracks were originals first released on this album.[1]

Reception

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In a review issued on May 3, 1980, a Billboard writer commented on Corea's experimentation on Tap Step with three types of Moog synthesizer, an Oberheim synthesizer, a Rhodes and Bösendorfer and a Hohner duo keyboard. In the view of the writer, this approach made this album sound modern but also at times "freakish and unmusical".[4]

Track listing

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All music composed and arranged by Chick Corea.

Side one

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  1. "Samba L.A." (lyrics by Tony Cohan) – 5:52
  2. "The Embrace" (lyrics by Tony Cohan) – 5:52
  3. "Tap Step" – 8:19

Side two

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  1. "Magic Carpet" – 6:51
  2. "The Slide" – 6:47
  3. "Grandpa Blues" (vocoder lyrics by Chick Corea) – 4:03
  4. "Flamenco" – 3:34

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (1980) Peak
position
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)[5] 170
US Billboard Jazz LPs[5] 8

References

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  1. ^ a b c Yanow, Scott. "Chick Corea - Tap Step (1980) album review | AllMusic". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  2. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 51. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ "Review: Chick Corea — Tap Step" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 18. 3 May 1980. p. 50. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
  5. ^ a b "Chick Corea - Tap Step (1980) | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.[failed verification]
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