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Tap Step

1980 studio album by Chick Corea

Tap Step
Studio album by Chick Corea
Released	1980
Recorded	December 1979 – January 1980
Studio	Ocean Way Recording Studio (track A1) & Love Castle Studios (tracks A2–B4), Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:38
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Chick Corea
Chick Corea chronology
Delphi II & III (1980) Tap Step (1980) Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Tap Step is a studio album recorded by Chick Corea in 1979 & 1980.^[1] It features previous Corea collaborators Flora Purim, Joe Farrell, Stanley Clarke and Gayle Moran, along with percussionists Airto, Don Alias and Laudir de Oliveira.

Recording[edit]

The album was recorded in December 1979 and January 1980.^[2] All of the seven tracks were originals first released on this album.^[1]

Reception[edit]

In a review issued on May 3, 1980, a Billboard writer commented on Corea's experimentation on Tap Step with three types of Moog synthesizer, an Oberheim synthesizer, a Rhodes and Bösendorfer and a Hohner duo keyboard. In the view of the writer, this approach made this album sound modern but also at times "freakish and unmusical".^[4]

Track listing[edit]

All music composed and arranged by Chick Corea.

Side one[edit]

1. "Samba L.A." (lyrics by Tony Cohan) – 5:52
2. "The Embrace" (lyrics by Tony Cohan) – 5:52
3. "Tap Step" – 8:19

Side two[edit]

1. "Magic Carpet" – 6:51
2. "The Slide" – 6:47
3. "Grandpa Blues" (vocoder lyrics by Chick Corea) – 4:03
4. "Flamenco" – 3:34

Personnel[edit]

• Chick Corea – acoustic piano (A2, B1, B4); Fender Rhodes electric piano (A3, B2, B3); Hohner clavinet (A1); Minimoog (A3, B2–B4), Moog vocoder (B3), Moog 55 modular (A1–B4) & Oberheim OB-X (A1, A3) synthesizers; wood blocks (B1); handclaps
• Gayle Moran – vocals (A1, A2)
• Flora Purim – vocals (A1)
• Shelby Flint – vocals (A1)
• Nani Villa Brunel – vocals (A1)
• Al Vizzutti – trumpets (A2, A3, B1); flugelhorn (A2)
• Hubert Laws – flute (A2); piccolo flute (B4)
• Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone (A3, B1); soprano saxophone (B4)
• Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone (B4)

• Bunny Brunel – fretless electric bass (A2–B4); Yamaha 2000 keyboard (A2)
• Jamie Faunt – electric piccolo bass (B2)
• Stanley Clarke – electric piccolo bass, talk box (B3)

• Tom Brechtlein – drums (A2–B4)
• Airto Moreira – drums, snare drums, whistle, tamborim, pandero (A1); cuica (B2)
• Don Alias – congas (A2, B1); Lya drums (B2)
• Laudir de Oliveira – surdo kick drum, ganza shaker, tamborim (A1); agogô (A1, B2)

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Chick Corea - Tap Step (1980) album releases & creditsatDiscogs