Septet (Chick Corea album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Septet
| type = Album
| artist = Chick Corea
| cover = Septet (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = November 1985{{cite web|title=Septet |url=https://www.ecmrecords.com/shop/143038751144/septet-chick-corea
|website=ECM }}
| recorded = October 1984
| venue =
| studio = Mad Hatter Studios
Los Angeles, California
| genre = Jazz
| length = 39:38
| label = ECM 1297
| producer = Chick Corea
| chronology = Chick Corea
| prev_title = Voyage
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = Trio Music Live in Europe
| next_year = 1986
}}
Septet is an album by pianist Chick Corea recorded in October 1984 and released on ECM November the following year. the septet features flautist Steve Kujala and French horn player Peter Gordon with a string quartet featuring violinists Ida Kavafian and Theodore Arm, violist Steven Tenenbom, and cellist Fred Sherry.[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1200/1297.php ECM discography] accessed September 23, 2011 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006175503/http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1200/1297.php |date=October 6, 2012 }}
Reception and accolades
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev2Score = {{rating|2|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=307 }}
}}
The AllMusic review awarded the album 2 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/septet-r159938 Allmusic overview] accessed September 23, 2011 The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "Po-faced and slight".
The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Composition.{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Chick Corea |publisher= |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/chick-corea |website=grammy.com |access-date=February 3, 2019}}
Track listing
:All compositions by Chick Corea
- "1st Movement" - 1:57
- "2nd Movement" - 2:20
- "3rd Movement" - 8:08
- "4th Movement" - 5:31
- "5th Movement" - 9:58
- "The Temple of Isfahan" - 13:49
Personnel
- Chick Corea – piano
- Steve Kujala – flute
- Peter Gordon – French horn
- Ida Kavafian – violin
- Theodore Arm – violin
- Steven Tenenbom – viola
- Fred Sherry – cello
References
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