''Alive'' is a studio live album by
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and " ...
, released in 1991 through the record label GRP. The album peaked at number three on ''
Billboard'' Top Jazz Albums chart.
Track listing
#"
On Green Dolphin Street"
( Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 9:14
#"How Deep Is the Ocean?"
(Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; yi, ישראל ביילין; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-American composer, songwriter and lyricist. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook.
Born in Imperial Russ ...
) – 11:40
#"Humpty Dumpty"
(Chick Corea) – 8:51
#"Sophisticated Lady"
(Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was ba ...
, Irving Mills
Irving Harold Mills (born Isadore Minsky; January 16, 1894 – April 21, 1985) was an American music publisher, musician, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter. He sometimes used the pseudonyms Goody Goodwin and Joe Primrose.
Personal
Mills was ...
, Mitchell Parish
Mitchell Parish (born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky; July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an American lyricist, notably as a writer of songs for stage and screen.
Biography
Parish was born to a Jewish family in Lithuania, Russian Empire in July 19 ...
) – 6:59
#"U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)"
( Billy Strayhorn) – 5:29
#"'Round Midnight"
( Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including " 'Round Midnight", ...
, Cootie Williams) – 8:39
#"Hackensack"
(Thelonious Monk) – 2:41
#"Morning Sprite"
(Chick Corea) – 10:15
Personnel
Musicians
* Chick Corea –
piano
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*
John Patitucci – bass
*
Dave Weckl
Dave Weckl (born January 8, 1960 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American jazz fusion drummer and the leader of the Dave Weckl Band. He was inducted into the '' Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2000.
Biography
Weckl started playing his first s ...
–
drums
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...
Production
* Chick Corea – producer, engineer (mixing)
*
Dave Grusin – executive producer
* Ron Moss – executive producer
*
Larry Rosen – executive producer
* Bernie Kirsh – engineer (recording, mixing)
*
Doug Sax – engineer (mastering)
* Robert Read – assistant engineer
* Evelyn Brechtlein – project coordination, management
* Joseph Doughney – post production
* Michael Landy – post production
* Michelle Lewis – production coordination
* David Gibb, Scott Johnson, Sonny Mediana, Andy Ruggirello, Dan Serrano – design
* Harrison Funk – photography
Chart performance
References
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1991 albums
Chick Corea albums
GRP Records albums