CHICK COREA [1985] [Vinyl Rip, Flac, Cue] Septet [ECM 1297 (827-258-1)]

CHICK COREA - Septet [ECM 1297 (827-258-1)]



01. Septet 1st Movement [0:01:58.72]

02. Septet 2nd Movement [0:02:19.62]

03. Septet 3rd Movement [0:08:06.72]

04. Septet 4th Movement [0:05:27.11]

05. Septet 5th Movement [0:09:57.42]

06. The Temple Of Isfahan [0:13:48.50]



Chick Corea Piano

Ida Kavafian violin

Theodore Arm Violin

Steven Tenenbom viola

Fred Sherry Cello

Steve KujaSa Fiuta

Peter Gordon French Horn



Recorded October 1984 at Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, CA

Engineer: Bernie Kirsh

Assistant Engineer: Jeff Vaughn

Digitally mixed at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg

Engineer: Martin Wieland Cover Design: Barbara Wojirsch Produced by Chick Corea

An ECM Production

Composed by Chick Corea Published by Litha Music (ASCAP)

Chick Corea plays a Busendorfer Piano, Model No. 275

Chick Corea Management: Ron Moss Musicians Services 2635 Griffith Park Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90039

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©1985 ECM Records GmbH

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center commissioned me to compose a piece of chamber music for

the New World Festival held in Miami on June 13,1982. Fred Sherry, who has been associated with the

Society for some time, originally proposed the idea to them. The result was the Septet

There was a subsequent set of performances in New York the following January 9th, 1983, ending with

a PBS "Live from Lincoln Center" broadcast. Finally, in September/October 1984 I reformed the group

for a concert tour of the United States at the end of which this recording was made.

Writing the Septet was my first venture as a composer into creating a through-written piece of this

length and complexity. I must say I had great fun doing it. I began with no idea of form but only the

idea that I would improvise the form as I wrote. I just kept writing until I ran out of time and then

composed an ending. The rhythmic interdependency of each part is what creates the technical challenge

of playing this piece. Ida, from the first violin position, and Fred, from the cello position, carve

the guidelines of performance.

The Temple of Isfahan (originally titled Isfahan) is a reworking of a piece that I composed for

Al DiMeola as a guitar soloist with string quartet and piano. In the present version, the French horn

and the flute divide what was the guitar solo part.

My thanks to all the musicians for pouring their hearts into this project and to Manfred Eicherfor

his support by including it in the ECM catalogue.

Chick Corea

July 18,1985