Crystal Silence

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Crystal Silence
Chick-Corea-Crystal-Silence-album.jpg
Studio album by
Released1973
RecordedNovember 6, 1972 at Arne Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, Norway
GenreJazz
Length44:23
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Chick Corea and Gary Burton chronology
Return to Forever
(1972)
Crystal Silence
(1973)
Light as a Feather
(1973)
Gary Burton chronology
Alone at Last
(1971)
Crystal Silence
(1973)
The New Quartet
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide5/5 stars[2]
Jazzwise5/5 stars[3]

Crystal Silence is an album by Chick Corea and Gary Burton. It was recorded in November 1972 and produced by Manfred Eicher for ECM Records.[4] Their collaboration went further in 1979 with the albums Duet and In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979, also on ECM Records. Nearly 30 years later they followed up again with The New Crystal Silence in 2008, this time on Concord Records.

Track listing[]

  1. "Señor Mouse" (Chick Corea) - 6:20
  2. "Arise, Her Eyes" (Steve Swallow) - 5:08
  3. "I'm Your Pal" (Steve Swallow) - 4:02
  4. "Desert Air" (Chick Corea) - 6:26
  5. "Crystal Silence" (Chick Corea) - 9:05
  6. "Falling Grace" (Steve Swallow) - 2:42
  7. "Feelings And Things" (Mike Gibbs) - 4:46
  8. "Children's Song" (Chick Corea) - 2:11
  9. "What Game Shall We Play Today" (Chick Corea) - 3:46

Personnel[]

Chart performance[]

Year Chart Position
1974 Billboard Jazz Albums 24[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Gioffre, Daniel. "Crystal Silence - Chick Corea | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 34. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ "GARY BURTON AND CHICK COREA - CRYSTAL SILENCE: THE ECM RECORDINGS 1972-79 *****". Jazzwise. 30 October 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. ^ "allmusic ((( Crystal Silence > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  5. ^ "Crystal Silence - Gary Burton,Chick Corea | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.



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