Secret Agent (album)

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Secret Agent
Studio album by Chick Corea
Released	1978
Recorded	1978, Producers Workshop Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:58
Label	Polydor
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Chick Corea chronology
An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert (1978) Secret Agent (1978) Friends (1978)

Secret Agent is an album by Chick Corea recorded and released in 1978.

This album is one of three that Corea released in 1978, along with The Mad Hatter and Friends in what was called an "almost impossibly active year"^[1]. 1978 also featured the release of live albums An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert and RTF Live with Return to Forever.

[edit] Track listing

All pieces are composed by Chick Corea unless otherwise noted.

1. "Golden Dawn" – 3:39
2. "Slinky" – 5:42
3. "Mirage" – 2:11
4. "Drifting" – 4:09
5. "Glebe St. Blues" – 6:58
6. "Fickle Funk" – 5:05
7. "Bagatelle, No. 4" (Béla Bartók) – 3:34
8. "Hot News Blues" – 6:18
9. "Central Park" – 5:22

[edit] Personnel

• Chick Corea - piano, synth, percussion, vocals
• Allen Vizzutti - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Bob Zottola - trumpet
• Ron Moss - trombone, bass trombone
• Jim Pugh - trombone, bass trombone
• Joe Farrell - flute, alto flute, bass flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Bunny Brunel - fretless bass
• Tom Brechtlein - drums
• Airto Moreira - percussion
• Charles Veal- violin, viola
• Carol Shive - violin, choir
• Paula Hochhalter - cello, choir
• Gayle Moran - vocals
• Al Jarreau - vocals

[edit] Notes

1. ^ All About Jazz album review John Kellman