Tap Step

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Tap Step
Studio album by
Chick Corea
Released1980
RecordedDecember 1979 – January 1980
StudioOcean Way Recording Studio (track A1) & Love Castle Studios (tracks A2–B4), Los Angeles, California, USA
GenreJazz
Length40:38
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerChick Corea
Chick Corea chronology
Delphi II & III
(1980) 		Tap Step
(1980) 		Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Tap Step is a studio album recorded by Chick Corea in 1979 & 1980.[1] It features previous Corea collaborators Flora Purim, Joe Farrell, Stanley Clarke and Gayle Moran, along with percussionists Airto, Don Alias and Laudir de Oliveira.

Recording

The album was recorded in December 1979 and January 1980.[2] All of the seven tracks were originals first released on this album.[1]

Reception

In a review issued on May 3, 1980, a Billboard writer commented on Corea's experimentation on Tap Step with three types of Moog synthesizer, an Oberheim synthesizer, a Rhodes and Bösendorfer and a Hohner duo keyboard. In the view of the writer, this approach made this album sound modern but also at times "freakish and unmusical".[4]

Track listing

All music composed and arranged by Chick Corea.

Side one

  1. "Samba L.A." (lyrics by Tony Cohan) – 5:52
  2. "The Embrace" (lyrics by Tony Cohan) – 5:52
  3. "Tap Step" – 8:19

Side two

  1. "Magic Carpet" – 6:51
  2. "The Slide" – 6:47
  3. "Grandpa Blues" (vocoder lyrics by Chick Corea) – 4:03
  4. "Flamenco" – 3:34

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)[5] 170
US Billboard Jazz LPs[5] 8

References

  1. ^ a b c Yanow, Scott. "Chick Corea - Tap Step (1980) album review | AllMusic". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  2. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 51. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ "Review: Chick Corea — Tap Step" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 18. 3 May 1980. p. 50. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
  5. ^ a b "Chick Corea - Tap Step (1980) | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.[failed verification]