''Akoustic Band'' is the first album by the Chick Corea Akoustic Band, featuring

Chick Corea Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain (instrumental), Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba" ...

with

John Patitucci John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz bassist and composer. Biography John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began playing the electric bass at age 10, performing and composing at age 12, and at age 15, s ...

and

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 se ...

. The group was nominated and received the 1990

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious ...

for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group at the

32nd Annual Grammy Awards The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 21, 1990, and hosted by Garry Shandling. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Performers * Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings * Gloria Estefan - Don't Wanna ...

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album with 1.5 stars and its review by Daniel Gioffre states: "After recording a string of fusion records in the late '80s with his

Chick Corea Elektric Band Chick Corea Elektric Band was a jazz fusion band, led by keyboardist and pianist Chick Corea and founded in 1986 in New York City. The band was nominated twice at the Grammy Awards. The sixth band album, a tribute one named ''Chick Corea Elektric ...

, Chick Corea returned to acoustic jazz with this trio date. Enlisting Elektric Band sidemen John Patitucci and Dave Weckl, Corea swings through ten tracks with noticeably mixed results. The leader is as romantic as ever, playing with bravado even on ballads, flawlessly executing complicated ideas, reveling in drama and melodrama."

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians *

– Yamaha CP3 concert grand piano *

–

double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

– drums Production * Ron Moss – executive album producer *

Dave Grusin Robert David Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, incl ...

– executive producer * Larry Rosen – executive producer * Chick Corea – producer, album cover concept * Bernie Kirsh – engineer * Joseph Martin – recording assistant * Larry Mah – digital mix assistant * Mick Thompson – recording manager * Meg Darnell – studio manager * Mark Francovich – studio manager * The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location * Jeff Baker – piano tuning and regulation * Evelyn Brechtlein – project coordinator * Suzanne Sherman – production coordinator * Andy Baltimore – creative director, album cover concept, graphic design * Carol Weinberg – album cover concept, photography * David Gibb – graphic design * Dave Kunze – graphic design, back cover illustration * Ivan Salgado – graphic design * Dan Serrano – graphic design, back cover illustration

Charts

Awards

References

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