Expressions (Chick Corea album)

Expressions is an album by Chick Corea, released in 1994 through the record label GRP. The album peaked at number ten on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart.[3]

Expressions
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1994
GenreJazz
Length63:24
LabelGRP
ProducerDave Grusin, Larry Rosen, Chick Corea
Chick Corea chronology
Paint the World
(1993)
Expressions
(1994)
Live in Montreux
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [2]

The Album is dedicated to Art Tatum.

Track listing

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  1. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:29
  2. "This Nearly Was Mine" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 3:32
  3. "It Could Happen To You" (Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen) – 3:35
  4. "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill) – 3:18
  5. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:05
  6. "Monk's Mood" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:33
  7. "Oblivion" (Bud Powell) – 3:46
  8. "Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:05
  9. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:59
  10. "Armando's Rhumba" (Chick Corea) – 4:18
  11. "Blues for Art" (Chick Corea) – 4:48
  12. "Stella By Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 4:34
  13. "I Want to Be Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 4:50
  14. "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, Geoff Parsons, John Turner) – 2:32

UK version added "Anna" written by A. J. Corea on the original album.

Personnel

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Musician

  • Chick Corea – piano

Production

  • Tom Banghart – mixing
  • Bernie Kirsh – engineering, mixing

Chart performance

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Year Chart Position
1994 Billboard Jazz Albums 10[3]

References

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  1. ^ Connolly, Dave. "Expressions - Chick Corea : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ a b "Chick Corea: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
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