The Leprechaun (Chick Corea album)

The Leprechaun

Studio album by Chick Corea

Released

1976

Genre

Jazz

Length

37:48

Chick Corea chronology

Piano Improvisations Vol. 2
(1971)

The Leprechaun
(1976)

My Spanish Heart
(1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

The Leprechaun is an album by Chick Corea recorded and released in 1976.

The album was recorded during Corea's time with his jazz fusion group Return to Forever. Though the album is more jazz oriented than anything Return to Forever had produced up to that time, the fusion edge still rings through quite clearly. Chick Corea was awarded the 1976 Grammy Award for the Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group Grammy Award for the album and the Grammy Award for the Best Instrumental Arrangement Grammy Award for "Leprechaun's Dream, Pt. 1".^[3]

Track listing

All pieces composed by Chick Corea unless otherwise noted.

Side one

"Imp's Welcome" – 2:56
"Lenore" – 3:26
"Reverie" – 2:01
"Looking at the World" (Lyrics: Neville Potter) – 5:29
"Nite Sprite" – 4:33

Side two

"Soft and Gentle" (Gayle Moran) – 5:09
"Pixiland Rag" – 1:11
"Leprechaun's Dream Part 1" – 6:29
"Leprechaun's Dream Part 2" – 6:34

Personnel

Chick Corea – Piano, keyboards, Organ, Synthesizer, percussion
Danny Cahn – Trumpet
John Gatchell – Trumpet
Bob Millikan – Trumpet
Wayne Andre – Trombone
Bill Watrous – Trombone
Joe Farrell – Saxophone
Ani Kavafian – Violin
Ida Kavafian – Violin
Louise Shulman – Viola
Fred Sherry – Cello
Eddie Gómez – Bass
Anthony Jackson – Bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Gayle Moran – vocals

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1976	Billboard 200	42^[3]
1976	Billboard R&B Albums	32^[3]
1976	Billboard Jazz Albums	1^[3]

References

↑ Yanow, Scott. "The Leprechaun - Chick Corea | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 50. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
1 2 3 4 "The Leprechaun - Chick Corea | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

External links

"Chick Corea - The Leprechaun (LP) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-03-28.

Chick Corea (discography)

As leader	Tones for Joan's Bones Now He Sings, Now He Sobs Is Sundance The Song of Singing A.R.C. The Leprechaun My Spanish Heart The Mad Hatter Secret Agent Friends Tap Step Three Quartets Trio Music 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 The Vigil Trilogy

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	Super Nova 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	Crystal Silence Duet In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 Lyric Suite for Sextet Native Sense - The New Duets Like Minds The New Crystal Silence Hot House

with Circle	Circling In Circulus Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert Paris Concert Circle 2: Gathering

with Miles Davis	Water Babies Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Bitches Brew Jack Johnson Black Beauty: Live at the Fillmore West Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East Circle in the Round Live-Evil On the Corner Big Fun Bitches Brew Live

with Elektric Band	The Chick Corea Elektric Band Light Years Eye of the Beholder Inside Out Beneath the Mask Live From Elario's (First Gig) To the Stars

with Joe Farrell	Joe Farrell Quartet Outback Skate Board Park

with Stan Getz	Sweet Rain Captain Marvel

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	The Thing to Do Down with It! Boss Horn

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	Return to Forever Light as a Feather Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy Where Have I Known You Before No Mystery Romantic Warrior Musicmagic Live Return to Forever – Returns

with others	The Laws of Jazz 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 Elektric Band II: Paint the World

Compilations	Inner Space The Complete "Is" Sessions

Soundtracks	Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown

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