The Chick Corea Elektric Band (album)

The Chick Corea Elektric Band
Studio album by Chick Corea
Released	1986
Recorded	1986
Genre	Jazz, Jazz-fusion
Length	57:38 (CD)
Label	GRP Records
Producer	Chick Corea
Chick Corea chronology
Septet (1985) The Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986) Light Years (1987)

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AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

The Chick Corea Elektric Band is an album by jazz and fusion keyboard player Chick Corea, released in 1986. It is the eponymous debut album of the Chick Corea Elektric Band, which at that time also featured drummer Dave Weckl, bass player John Patitucci and guitarists Scott Henderson and Carlos Rios.^[1]

This album can be described as "jazz-rock", though it is much closer to traditional jazz than the jazz-rock albums of the 1970s. The keyboard sounds on the album are typical for the mid-1980s. The drums played by Dave Weckl dominate the album's sound, with the guitar duties split between Scott Henderson and Carlos Rios.

The album features a heavy use of FM synthesis, MIDI and drum programming, expanding on Corea's previous work in later lineups of Return to Forever and reflecting the technology of the time when it was conceived and recorded.

Track listing[]

All songs by Chick Corea except where noted otherwise.

1. "City Gate" – 0:54
2. "Rumble" – 4:04
3. "Side Walk" (Chick Corea / Dave Weckl / John Patitucci) – 3:48
4. "Cool Weasel Boogie" – 6:43
5. "Got a Match?" – 5:38
6. "Elektric City" – 4:07
7. "No Zone" – 5:29
8. "King Cockroach" – 6:56
9. "India Town" – 5:06
10. "All Love" – 5:45
11. "Silver Temple" – 8:32

(Tracks #1, #10 & #11 were not included in the original issue of the album)

Personnel[]

• Scott Henderson – electric guitar (1, 8, 11)
• – electric guitar (3, 4, 6)
• Chick Corea – synthesizer programming, Fender Rhodes electric piano MIDI-ed to Yamaha TX816 rack-mount synthesizer units (1, 4, 6–8, 10, 11), Fairlight CMI (2, 3, 7), Minimoog synthesizer (6), Synclavier (2–4, 7), Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer/Yamaha TX816 rack-mount synthesizer units (8, 9), Yamaha GS-1 synthesizer (7), Yamaha KX-5 keytar synthesizer controller/Yamaha TX816 rack-mount synthesizer units (5), Yamaha KX-88 MIDI keyboard/Yamaha TX816 rack-mount synthesizer units (1–3, 6–9, 11), Linn 9000 drum sequencer (2–4, 6, 7), gong (8, 9)
• John Patitucci – Smith/Jackson six-string bass guitar (1, 5, 8, 9, 11), Fender Jazz four-string bass guitar (6, 8), Pollman acoustic/double bass (4, 7, 10)
• Dave Weckl – drums, Simmons electronic drums (1–3, 6, 7, 9), LinnDrum drum machine (1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11), percussion (2)

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• Chick Corea Elektric Band - The Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986) album releases & credits at Discogs
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