The Vigil (album)

The Vigil
The Vigil
Studio album by Chick Corea
Released	6 August 2013
Recorded	2013
Studio	Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre	Jazz, Jazz fusion
Length	77:26
Label	Concord
Producer	Chick Corea
Chick Corea chronology

The Vigil is an album recorded by Chick Corea and released sixth of August 2013. In the Billboard Jazz albums charts the album peaked at number 4.^[1] The album won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album at the 15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Chick Corea.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Galaxy 32 Star 4"	8:20
2.	"Planet Chia"	11:07
3.	"Portals to Forever"	16:04
4.	"Royalty"	9:19
5.	"Outside of Space"	5:00
6.	"Pledge for Peace"	17:36
7.	"Legacy"	10:00

Personnel[]

Chick Corea – Yamaha CFIIIS concert grand piano, synthesizers (Yamaha Motif XF8 & Minimoog Voyager)
Tim Garland – bass clarinet, flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Charles Altura – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Hadrien Feraud – bass
Marcus Gilmore – drums

Additional musicians

Pernell Saturnino – percussion (tracks 1–3)
Gayle Moran Corea – vocals (track 5)
Stanley Clarke – bass (track 6)
Ravi Coltrane – saxophone (track 6)

Other credits

Marc Bessant – graphic design
Bob Cetti – assistant engineer
C. Taylor Crothers – photography
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Bernie Kirsh – engineer, mixing
Dan Muse – liner note coordination
Bill Rooney – management
Robert Schoeller – cover art
Buck Snow – mixing

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	^[2]
AllMusic	^[3]
Guardian	^[4]
JazzTimes	(not rated) ^[5]
Sputnikmusic	4.4/5 ^[6]

John Kelman of All About Jazz comments, "The Vigil is certainly Corea's best electric album in decades,..., he's not made a single recording of new material anything like The Vigil in decades".^[2]

Thom Jurek from AllMusic wrote, "These seven tunes (five are over ten minutes) reflect some of Corea's richest writing and arranging in years." He praises the band as exciting "as much for its potential as for the multifaceted talent the group members put on display here".^[3]

John Fordham of the Guardian wrote, "Pianist Chick Corea, now 71, sounds on scintillating form here (...). The title apparently represents the vigil of jazz's elder statespersons in cherishing their pasts – but this unexpectedly full-on set is all about celebrating and reinventing, not polishing silverware."^[4]

Steve Greenlee from JazzTimes stated, "This is, in fact, the most exciting music Corea has released in many years, and it features the most virile new writing that Corea has offered in a quarter-century (or more)."^[5]

Hernan Campbell from Sputnikmusic summarized his review, "He's like a mad scientist at work in this album, combining the elements that made his previous albums so enthralling (...) and breathes life to a new embodiment of masterful ingenuity."^[6] The album won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album at the 15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.

Chart performance[]

Year	Chart	Position
2013	Billboard Jazz Albums	4 ^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Kelman, John (28 August 2013). "Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) album review | All About Jazz". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Jurek, Thom. "Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Fordham, John (8 August 2013). "Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) album review | Music | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Greenlee, Steve (27 October 2013). "Jazz Reviews: Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) album review | JazzTimes". jazztimes.com. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Campbell, Hernan (9 September 2013). "Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) album review | Sputnikmusic". sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

External links[]

[allmusicawards-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 30 October 2013.

[allaboutjazz-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Kelman, John (28 August 2013). "Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) album review | All About Jazz". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 30 October 2013.

[allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Jurek, Thom. "Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 30 October 2013.

[guardianreview-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Fordham, John (8 August 2013). "Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) album review | Music | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

[jazztimesreview-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Greenlee, Steve (27 October 2013). "Jazz Reviews: Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) album review | JazzTimes". jazztimes.com. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

[sputnikmusicreview-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b Campbell, Hernan (9 September 2013). "Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) album review | Sputnikmusic". sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

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As leader	Tones for Joan's Bones (1968) Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968) Circling In (1975) Is (1969) Sundance (1972) The Song of Singing (1970) A.R.C. (1971) (with Dave Holland & Barry Altschul) The Leprechaun (1976) My Spanish Heart (1976) The Mad Hatter (1978) Secret Agent (1978) Friends (1978) Tap Step (1980) Three Quartets (1981) Trio Music (1982) Touchstone (1982) Again and Again (1983) Summer Night: Live (1987) (with Akoustic Band) Chick Corea Akoustic Band (1989) (with Akoustic Band) Alive (1991) (with Akoustic Band) (1993) (with Gayle Moran & Lionel Hampton) Time Warp (1995) Remembering Bud Powell (1996) Rendezvous in New York (2003) The Ultimate Adventure (2006) Super Trio - Live at the One World Theatre, April 3rd, 2005 (2006) (with Steve Gadd & Christian McBride) Five Peace Band Live (2009) (with John McLaughlin) Further Explorations (2012) The Continents: Concerto for Jazz Quintet & Chamber Orchestra (2012) The Vigil (2013) Trilogy (2013) (with Chick Corea Trio) The Musician: Live at The Blue Note Jazz Café (2016) Chinese Butterfly (2017) (with Steve Gadd) Trilogy 2 (2019)(with Chick Corea Trio) Antidote (2019)
Solo piano albums	Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971) Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 (1972) Delphi I (1979) Delphi II & III (1980) Children's Songs (1984) Expressions (1994) Solo Piano: Originals (2000) Solo Piano: Standards (2000) Solo Piano – Portraits (2014) Plays (2020)
Duos	An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert (1978) CoreaHancock (1979) Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert (1980) Voyage (1984) [with Steve Kujala] Play (1992) (with Bobby McFerrin) The Enchantment (2007) (with Béla Fleck) Duet (2008) (with Hiromi Uehara) Orvieto (2010) (with Stefano Bollani) Two (2015) [with Béla Fleck]
with Gary Burton	Crystal Silence (1972) Duet (1979) In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 (1980) Lyric Suite for Sextet (1982) Native Sense - The New Duets (1997) The New Crystal Silence (2008) Hot House (2012)
with Circle	Circling In (1975) Circulus (1978) (1971) (1971) Paris Concert (1972)
with Stanley Clarke	Children of Forever (1973) Journey to Love (1975) Rocks, Pebbles and Sand (1980) Up (2014)
with Miles Davis	Water Babies (1976) Filles de Kilimanjaro (1969) In a Silent Way (1969) [Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2]] (2013) Bitches Brew (1970) Bitches Brew Live (2011) Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West (1977) Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East (1970) Miles at the Fillmore - Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3 (2014) Jack Johnson (a.k.a. A Tribute to Jack Johnson) (1971) Circle in the Round (1979) Live-Evil (1971) On the Corner (1972) Big Fun (1974)
with Chick Corea Elektric Band	The Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986) Light Years (1987) Eye of the Beholder (1988) Inside Out (1990) Beneath the Mask (1991) Elektric Band II: Paint the World (1993) Live from Elario's (The First Gig) (1996) To the Stars (2004) Live in Tokyo 1987 (2017)
with Joe Farrell	Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) Outback (1971) Skate Board Park (1979)
with Stan Getz	Sweet Rain (1967) What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (1968) Captain Marvel (1972)
with Joe Henderson	Relaxin' at Camarillo (1979) Mirror Mirror (1980) Joe Henderson: Big Band (1997)
with Hubert Laws	The Laws of Jazz (1964) Flute By-Laws (1966) Laws' Cause (1968) Wild Flower (1972) Family (1980) Blanchard: New Earth Sonata (1985)
with Herbie Mann	Herbie Mann Plays The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (1965) Monday Night at the Village Gate (1966) Latin Mann Afro to Bossa to Blues (1965) Standing Ovation at Newport (1965)
with Blue Mitchell	The Thing to Do (1964) Down with It! (1965) Boss Horn (1967)
with Origin	Live at the Blue Note (1998) A Week at The Blue Note (1998) Change (1999) corea.concerto: Spain for Sextet & Orchestra / Piano Concerto No. 1 (1999)
with Return to Forever	Return to Forever (1972) Light as a Feather (1973) Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973) Where Have I Known You Before (1974) No Mystery (1975) Romantic Warrior (1976) Musicmagic (1977) Live (1978) Returns (2009) Forever [as Corea, Clarke & White] (2011) The Mothership Returns (2012)
with Wayne Shorter	Super Nova (1969) Moto Grosso Feio (1974)
with others	Sonny Stitt: Stitt Goes Latin (1963) Dave Pike: Manhattan Latin (1964) Cal Tjader: Soul Burst (1966) Pete La Roca: Turkish Women at the Bath (1967) Donald Byrd: The Creeper (1981) Eric Kloss: To Hear Is to See! (1969) Eric Kloss: Consciousness! (1970) Larry Coryell: Spaces (1970) Sadao Watanabe: Round Trip (1970) Marion Brown: Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (1970) Richard Davis: The Philosophy of the Spiritual (1971) Rolf Kühn Jazzgroup: Going to the Rainbow (1971) John Surman: (1971) Elvin Jones: Merry-Go-Round (1972) Airto Moreira: Free (1972) Anthony Braxton: The Complete Braxton (1973) Richard Davis: With Understanding (1975) Dee Dee Bridgewater: Just Family (1977) Ron Carter: Parade (1979) Gábor Szabó: Femme Fatale (1979) Tete Montoliu: Lunch in L.A. (1980) Chaka Khan et al.: Echoes of an Era (1982) Elektric Band II: Paint the World (1993) Like Minds (1998) (with Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland) Herbie Hancock: Gershwin's World (1998) Avishai Cohen: Lyla (2003) Miroslav Vitous: Universal Syncopations (2003) Antonio Sánchez: Migration (2007) : Panorama (2008)
Compilations	Inner Space (1973) The Complete "Is" Sessions (2002) (1976) Chick Corea Compact Jazz (1987) Best of Chick Corea (1993) Selected Recordings (2002) Very Best of Chick Corea (2004) Herbie Mann-Chick Corea: The Complete Latin Band Sessions (2007) Electric Chick (2008)
Soundtracks	Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1989)