An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert

An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert is a live album recorded over the course of several live performances in February 1978 and released that same year.

The album features just Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea each playing acoustic piano. The use of only acoustic piano comes as a marked departure from both men's favoring of electric keyboards and a more jazz fusion style at the time.

Herbie Hancock was credited with this album, while Chick Corea was credited with the album CoreaHancock, another recording from the concert tour with the two artists, released by Polydor. The vinyl's liner notes state that the fourth side of the album's sound had to be compressed to fit the 35 minutes of "Maiden Voyage" and "La Fiesta" on one side; this was done to preserve the integrity of the performance, and therefore contains a lower sound quality. The CD version avoids this issue.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Churchill, Morey) – 12:39
2. "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Kahn) – 9:00

Side two

1. "Button Up" (Corea, Hancock) – 17:37

Side three

1. "Introduction of Herbie Hancock by Chick Corea" (Chick Corea) – 0:41
2. "February Moment" (Hancock) – 15:47

Side four

1. "Maiden Voyage" (Hancock) – 13:31
2. "La Fiesta" (Corea) – 22:02

On vinyl, "February Moment" and its introduction are indexed as one track. The liner notes mention that since the fourth side is over 35 minutes in length that sound fidelity will be of lesser quality than the other four sides, but was designed to keep the medley of "Maiden Voyage / La Fiesta" intact. CD reissues avoid this problem.

Personnel

• Herbie Hancock – Piano
• Chick Corea – Piano

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