''Circling In'' is a

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collection by

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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 " ...

featuring performances recorded between 1968 and 1970, including the first recordings by the group

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, which was first released on the

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label in 1975.Chick Corea discography
accessed January 21, 2011. It contains trio performances by Corea with

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and

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recorded in March 1968, which were later added to the CD reissue of '' Now He Sings, Now He Sobs'' as bonus tracks, and performances by permutations of the band Circle recorded in April and July 1970 some of which were later released as ''Early Circle''.

Reception

The

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review by

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awarded the album 4½ stars stating it "gives one a clear picture into the evolution of pianist Chick Corea during the 1968-70 period".Yanow, S
Allmusic Review
accessed January 21, 2011

Track listing

All compositions by Chick Corea except where noted. ''Side One'' # "Bossa" - 4:45 # "Gemini" - 4:17 # "

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" (

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) - 3:33 # "Fragments" - 4:01 # "Windows" - 3:08 ''Side Two'' # "Samba Yanta" - 2:38 # "I Don't Know" - 2:38 # "Pannonica" (

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) - 2:58 # "Blues Connotation" - 7:17 # "Duet for Bass and Piano No.1" (Chick Corea, Dave Holland) - 3:28 # "Duet for Bass and Piano No.2" (Corea, Holland) - 1:40 ''Side Three'' # "Danse for Clarinet and Piano No.1" (Corea, Anthony Braxton) - 2:14 # "Danse for Clarinet and Piano No.2" (Corea, Braxton) - 2:32 # "Chimes Part 1" (Corea, Braxton, Holland) - 10:20 # "Chimes Part 2" (Corea, Braxton, Holland) - 6:40 ''Side Four'' # "Starp" (Holland) - 5:20 # "73º - A Kelvin" (Braxton) - 9:09 # "Ballad" (Barry Altschul, Braxton, Corea, Holland) - 6:41 *Recorded at A&R Studios in New York City on March 14, 1968 (Side One, tracks 1 & 3), March 19, 1968 (Side One, tracks 2 & 4), March 27, 1968 (Side One, track 5 and Side Two, tracks 1-3), April 7, 1970 (Side Two, track 4), August 13, 1970 (Side Two, tracks 5 & 6 and Side Three), and August 19, 1970 (Side Four).

Personnel

* Chick Corea –

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– alto saxophone,

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, flute, clarinet,

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, percussion (Side Three and Side Four) *

(Side One and Side Two, tracks 1-3) –

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(Side Two, tracks 4-6, Side Three and Side Four) – bass,

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–

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(Side One and Side Two, tracks 1-3) *

Barry Altschul Barry Altschul (born January 6, 1943, New York City) is a free jazz and hard bop drummer who first came to notice in the late 1960s for performing with pianists Paul Bley and Chick Corea. Biography Altschul is of Russian Jewish heritage, the ...

– drums, percussion (Side Two, tracks 4-6 and Side Four)

References

{{Authority control 1975 albums Blue Note Records albums Chick Corea albums Circle (jazz band) albums

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