Circling In

Circling In
Studio album by Chick Corea
Released 1975
Recorded March 14, 19 & 27, 1968 and April 7, August 13 & 19, 1970
Genre Jazz, avant-garde jazz[1]
Label Blue Note
Chick Corea chronology
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
(1968)		 Circling In
(1968-70)		 Circulus
(1970)

Circling In is a double LP by jazz pianist Chick Corea featuring performances recorded between 1968 and 1970, including the first recordings by the group Circle, which was first released on the Blue Note label in 1975.[2] It contains trio performances by Corea with Miroslav Vitous, and Roy Haynes recorded in March 1968, which were later added to the CD reissue of Now He Sings, Now He Sobs as bonus tracks, and performances by permutations of the band Circle recorded in April and July 1970 some of which were later released as Early Circle.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating it "gives one a clear picture into the evolution of pianist Chick Corea during the 1968-70 period".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Chick Corea except as indicated

Side One

  1. "Bossa" - 4:45
  2. "Gemini" - 4:17
  3. "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) - 3:33
  4. "Fragments" - 4:01
  5. "Windows" - 3:08

Side Two

  1. "Samba Yanta" - 2:38
  2. "I Don't Know" - 2:38
  3. "Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) - 2:58
  4. "Blues Connotation" - 7:17
  5. "Duet For Bass And Piano No.1" (Chick Corea, Dave Holland) - 3:28
  6. "Duet For Bass And Piano No.2" (Corea, Holland) - 1:40

Side Three

  1. "Danse For Clarinet And Piano No.1" (Corea, Anthony Braxton) - 2:14
  2. "Danse For Clarinet And Piano No.2" (Corea, Braxton) - 2:32
  3. "Chimes Part 1" (Corea, Braxton, Holland) - 10:20
  4. "Chimes Part 2" (Corea, Braxton, Holland) - 6:40

Side Four

  1. "Starp" (Holland) - 5:20
  2. "73º - A Kelvin" (Braxton) - 9:09
  3. "Ballad" (Barry Altschul, Braxton, Corea, Holland) - 6:41
  • Recorded at A&R Studios in New York City on March 14, 1968 (Side One, tracks 1 & 3), March 19, 1968 (Side One, tracks 2 & 4), March 27, 1968 (Side One, track 5 and Side Two, tracks 1-3), April 7, 1970 (Side Two, track 4), August 13, 1970 (Side Two, tracks 5 & 6 and Side Three), and August 19, 1970 (Side Four).

Personnel

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/circling-in-r137045
  2. ^ Chick Corea discography, accessed January 21, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 21, 2011
Chick Corea
As Leader
Tones for Joan's Bones  • Now He Sings, Now He Sobs  • Is  • Sundance  • The Song of Singing  • The Leprechaun  • My Spanish Heart • The Mad Hatter  • Secret Agent  • Friends  • Tap Step  • Three Quartets  • Touchstone  • Again and Again  • Summer Night - live  • Chick Corea Akoustic Band  • Alive  • Time Warp  • Rendezvous in New York  • The Ultimate Adventure  • Super Trio  • Five Peace Band Live
Solo albums
Piano Improvisations Vol. 1  • Piano Improvisations Vol. 2  • Delphi I  • Delphi II & III  • Expressions  • Children's Songs  • Solo Piano - Originals  • Solo Piano - Standards
Collaborations
An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert  • CoreaHancock  • Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert  • Voyage  • Play  • The Mozart Sessions  • The Enchantment  • Duet
with Gary Burton
with Circle
Circling In  • Circulus  • Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert  • Paris Concert  • Circle 2: Gathering
with Miles Davis
with Elektric Band
The Chick Corea Elektric Band  • Light Years  • Eye of the Beholder  • Inside Out  • Beneath the Mask  • Elektric Band II: Paint the World  • Live From Elario's (First Gig)  • To the Stars
with Joe Farrell
with Stan Getz
with Herbie Mann
Latin Mann Afro to Bossa to Blues  • Standing Ovation at Newport  • The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd  • Monday Night at the Village Gate
with Blue Mitchell
with Origin
Live at the Blue Note  • A Week at The Blue Note  • Change  • corea.concerto – Spain For Sextet & Orchestra – Piano Concerto No.1
with Return to Forever
with Others
Flute By-Laws  • Moto Grosso Feio  • Turkish Women At The Bath  • The Creeper  • Merry-Go-Round  • Going to the Rainbow  • Round Trip  • Echoes of an Era  • Big Band
Compilations
Inner Space  • The Complete "Is" Sessions  • Chick Corea/Herbie Hancock/Keith Jarret/McCoy Tyner  • Best of Chick Corea  • Very Best of Chick Corea  • Herbie Mann-Chick Corea The complete Latin band Sessions
Soundtracks
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