Tap Step

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Tap Step
Chick Corea Tap Step.jpg
Studio album by
Chick Corea
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 I
(1979) 		Tap Step
(1980)
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2.5/5 stars[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz3/4 stars[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide3/5 stars[3]

Tap Step is an album recorded by Chick Corea in 1979 and 1980.[1]

Recording, music and critical reception[]

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

All music composed and arranged by Chick Corea.

Side one[]

  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[]

  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[]

Chart performance[]

Year Chart Position
1980 Billboard 200 170 [5]
1980 Billboard Jazz Albums 8 [5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Yanow, Scott. "Chick Corea - Tap Step (1980) album review | AllMusic". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  2. ^ Jump up to: 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. 85 (18). 3 May 1980. p. 50. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Chick Corea - Tap Step (1980) | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

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