This 1976 release features Chick Corea in what was then, and remains, a unique musical setting. While it is truly

an electric jazz fusion record, it is also Corea's first solo recording to attempt to address the Latin side of his musical

heritage. My Spanish Heart marks a full-scale, yet thoroughly modern, exploration in the musical lineage Corea sprang

from. Making full use of synthesizer technology, a string section, and synth-linked choruses -- of two voices, his own

and that of Gayle Moran -- as well as percussionist Don Alias, drummer Steve Gadd, a full brass section, and the sparse

use of Jean Luc Ponty ("Armando's Rumba") and bassist Stanley Clark, Corea largely succeeded in creating a Spanish/

Latin tapestry of sounds, textures, impressions, and even two suites -- "Spanish Fantasy" and "El Bozo." The string

quartet performs its intricate and gorgeously elegant arrangements with verve and grace on "Day Danse" and on the

suites, with Corea's contrapuntal pianism creating a sharp yet warm contrast to the shifting tempos, wild interval leaps,

and shimmering timbral balances that occur. There is no doubt that Corea's musicianship was up to any task he chose

at this point in time. Simply put, he was compositionally and intellectually at the top of his game.

 

Chick Corea – My Spanish Heart

Label: Polydor – PD-2-9003

Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album

Country: Canada

Released:1976

Genre: Jazz, Latin

Style: Rumba, Latin Jazz

Tracklist

A1  Love Castle 4:47

A2  The Gardens 3:11

A3  Day Danse 4:29

A4  My Spanish Heart 1:37

A5  Night Streets 6:02

B1  The Hilltop   6:15

B2  The Sky   5:01

B2-a  Part I: Children's Song No. 8

B2-b  Part II: Portrait Of Children's Song No. 8

B3  Wind Danse 4:55

C1  Armando's Rhumba  5:19

C2  Prelude To El Bozo 1:36

C3  El Bozo, Part I 2:49

C4  El Bozo, Part II 2:06

C5  El Bozo, Part III 4:56

D1  Spanish Fantasy, Part I 6:07

D2  Spanish Fantasy, Part II 5:11

D3  Spanish Fantasy, Part III 3:09

D4  Spanish Fantasy, Part IV 5:04

VINYLS ARE VG CONDITION. SOME VISIBLE MARKINGS (LINE ON 1 SIDE) PLAYS VERY WELL.

PLSE NOTE INNER SLEEVES ARE SLIGHTLY DISCOLORED (PLS SEE PICS)

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