''Friends'' is the thirteenth 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 ...

. It features a quartet of Corea, saxophonist Joe Farrell, acoustic bassist Eddie Gómez and drummer Steve Gadd. It was released by Polydor Records in 1978, and the cover featured The Smurfs. ''Friends'' received the 1979

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award for

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album is an award that was first presented in 1959. History From 1959 to 2011, the Award was called Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Individual or Group. In 2012, it was shortened to Best Jazz Instrumenta ...

Track listing

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Side one

#"The One Step" – 6:05 #"Waltse for

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" – 7:32 #"Children's Song #5" – 1:15 #"Samba Song" – 10:00

Side two

#"Friends" – 9:26 #"Sicily" – 6:15 #"Children's Song #15" – 1:10 #"Cappucino" – 8:39

Personnel

* Chick Corea – Steinway acoustic grand piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano * Joe Farrell –

soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo, sop ...

, tenor saxophone,

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

* Eddie Gómez – double bass * Steve Gadd –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

Chart performance

References

External links

Chick Corea - ''Friends'' (1978) album review by Scott Yanow, credits & releases
at AllMusic
Chick Corea - ''Friends'' (1978) album releases & credits
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Chick Corea - ''Friends'' (1978) album to be listened
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