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Secret Agent follows a by-now familiar pattern: a costume change, a re-shuffling of the cast, and a mix of songs that are individually impressive but collectively less so. The record ranges from life-some Latin jazz ("Central Park") to haunting Vangelis-like instrumentals ("Bagatelle #4"), with Chick Corea adding and subtracting instruments as the arrangements dictate. The steady forces behind the music include a new rhythm section (Tom Brechtlein and fretless bassist Bunny Brunel), familiar faces Gayle Moran and Joe Farrell, and a kicking horn section that gets a couple of well-deserved cameos. Corea's keyboards are generally soft in tone here, and though that's a by-product of the instruments he chooses (Fender Rhodes, Mini-Moog), the compositions take the softness a step further by building arrangements around Moran's airy voice (notably "Drifting") or exploring the "voices" of various instruments on a trombone/keyboard dialogue like "Mirage." Only the familiar sound of the players from song to song holds the album together; otherwise, as the aptly titled "Fickle Funk" demonstrates, Corea isn't interested in trying the same thing twice. The good news is that this does lend itself to portable cuts -- "The Golden Dawn" (imagine a jazzier version of Vangelis) and "Hot News Blues" (in which Al Jarreau's voice snakes along a bittersweet melody) were made available as promotional singles, though "Glebe St. Blues" has more radio personality than either. Like The Leprechaun and Mad Hatter, Secret Agent is a good sampler, but Corea has released so much music (three records in 1978 alone, not including live dates with Return to Forever and Herbie Hancock issued that year) that his fans can afford to pick and choose. First investigate My Spanish Heart, Friends, and RTF's Romantic Warrior from Corea's late-'70s catalog; then, if you're still curious, seek out Secret Agent.
© Dave Connolly /TiVo
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CHICK COREA, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Veal, Viola, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Pugh, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Paula Hochhalter, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Zottola, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bunny Brunel, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Carol Shive, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Brechtlein, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Al Vizzutti, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joe Farrell, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Airto Moreira, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Bunny Brunel, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Brechtlein, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Al Vizzutti, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHICK COREA, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fender Rhodes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joe Farrell, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jim Pugh, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Bunny Brunel, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gayle Moran, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Brechtlein, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Al Vizzutti, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joe Farrell, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Charles Veal, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Pugh, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Paula Hochhalter, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Zottola, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gayle Moran, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ron Moss, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Al Vizzutti, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joe Farrell, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Bunny Brunel, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Brechtlein, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bela Bartok, ComposerLyricist - CHICK COREA, Producer, Arranger, Piano, Recording Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gayle Moran, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHICK COREA, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Al Jarreau, Author, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bunny Brunel, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gayle Moran, Author - Tom Brechtlein, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Airto Moreira, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Composer, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Pugh, Trombone, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Paula Hochhalter, Cello, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Kirsh, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Zottola, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bunny Brunel, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Carol Shive, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gayle Moran, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Veal Jr., Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Brechtlein, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Moss, Trombone, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Al Vizzutti, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Approfondimenti
Secret Agent follows a by-now familiar pattern: a costume change, a re-shuffling of the cast, and a mix of songs that are individually impressive but collectively less so. The record ranges from life-some Latin jazz ("Central Park") to haunting Vangelis-like instrumentals ("Bagatelle #4"), with Chick Corea adding and subtracting instruments as the arrangements dictate. The steady forces behind the music include a new rhythm section (Tom Brechtlein and fretless bassist Bunny Brunel), familiar faces Gayle Moran and Joe Farrell, and a kicking horn section that gets a couple of well-deserved cameos. Corea's keyboards are generally soft in tone here, and though that's a by-product of the instruments he chooses (Fender Rhodes, Mini-Moog), the compositions take the softness a step further by building arrangements around Moran's airy voice (notably "Drifting") or exploring the "voices" of various instruments on a trombone/keyboard dialogue like "Mirage." Only the familiar sound of the players from song to song holds the album together; otherwise, as the aptly titled "Fickle Funk" demonstrates, Corea isn't interested in trying the same thing twice. The good news is that this does lend itself to portable cuts -- "The Golden Dawn" (imagine a jazzier version of Vangelis) and "Hot News Blues" (in which Al Jarreau's voice snakes along a bittersweet melody) were made available as promotional singles, though "Glebe St. Blues" has more radio personality than either. Like The Leprechaun and Mad Hatter, Secret Agent is a good sampler, but Corea has released so much music (three records in 1978 alone, not including live dates with Return to Forever and Herbie Hancock issued that year) that his fans can afford to pick and choose. First investigate My Spanish Heart, Friends, and RTF's Romantic Warrior from Corea's late-'70s catalog; then, if you're still curious, seek out Secret Agent.
© Dave Connolly /TiVo
A proposito dell'album
- 1 disco(i) - 9 traccia(e)
- Durata totale: 00:43:13
- Artisti principali: Chick Corea
- Compositore: Various Composers
- Etichetta: Verve Reissues
- Genere: Jazz
© 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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