Chick Corea "The Sun"

 

For Full Album Friday this week, Chick Corea's 1970 record "The Sun" is featured, and this is the LP record version.  The track listing is:

Side A:

1. Moon Dance (Steve Grossman)

2. Slumber (Dave Liebman)

Side B:

3. The Sun Part 1 (Chick Corea)

4. The Sun Part 2 (Chick Corea)

5. The Moon (Chick Corea)

The band lineup is:

Steve Grossman - tenor saxophone, Chinese musette Chick Corea - piano Dave Holland - bass Jack DeJohnette - drums with: Steve Jackson - (miscellaneous instrument)

The legendary piano of Jaki Byard

 

More inspiration from Jazz Video Guy, (Bret Primack), remembering the late, great, jazz pianist, Jaki Byard.  

John Arthur "Jaki" Byard (June 15, 1922 – February 11, 1999) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger. Mainly a pianist, he also played tenor and alto saxophones, among several other instruments. He was known for his eclectic style, incorporating everything from ragtime and stride to free jazz.

Byard played with trumpeter Maynard Ferguson in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and was a member of bands led by bassist Charles Mingus for several years, including on several studio and concert recordings. The first of his recordings as a leader was in 1960, but, despite being praised by critics, his albums and performances did not gain him much wider attention. In his 60-year career, Byard recorded at least 35 albums as leader, and more than 50 as a sideman. Byard's influence on the music comes from his combining of musical styles during performance, and his parallel career in teaching.

From 1969 Byard was heavily involved in jazz education: he began teaching at the New England Conservatory of Music and went on to work at several other music institutions, as well as having private students. He continued performing and recording, mainly in solo and small group settings, but he also led two big bands – one made up of some of his students, and the other of professional musicians. His death, from a single gunshot while in his home, remains an unsolved mystery.

As a leader, Byard recorded a string of albums for the Prestige label during the 1960s. Some of these albums included Richard Davis on bass and Alan Dawson on drums, a trio combination described by critic Gary Giddins as "the most commanding rhythm section of the '60s, excepting the Hancock-Carter-Williams trio in Miles Davis's band", although it existed only for recordings.[22] One such album was Jaki Byard with Strings!, a sextet recording that featured Byard's composing and arranging: on "Cat's Cradle Conference Rag", each of five musicians "play five standards based on similar harmonies simultaneously". A further example of Byard's sometimes unusual approach to composition is the title track from Out Front!, which he created by thinking of fellow pianist Herbie Nichols' touch at the keyboard. Popularity with jazz critics did not translate into wider success: a Washington Post review of his final Prestige album, Solo Piano from 1969, remarked that it was by "a man who has been largely ignored outside the inner circles". Giddins also commented in the 1970s on the lack of attention that Byard had received, and stated that the pianist's recordings from 1960 to 1972 "are dazzling in scope, and for his ability to make the most of limited situations". Following his time with Prestige, Byard had more solo performances, in part because of his affection for musical partners he had become close to but who had then died.[26]

Byard also continued to play and record with other leaders. While in Europe in 1965, he joined Art Blakey's band for a series of concerts there In 1967 Byard played in a small group with drummer Elvin Jones. Between 1966 and 1969 Byard recorded three albums with the saxophonist Eric Kloss, then, in 1970, returned to Mingus' band, including for performances in Europe. Byard occasionally substituted on piano in Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1974 when the leader was unwell. In 1974–75 Byard had a residency at Bradley’s in New York. He also fronted a big band, the Apollo Stompers, which was formed in the late 1970s. There were two versions of the band: one made up of musicians in New York, and the other using students from the New England Conservatory of Music, where Byard had taught from 1969.

In 1980 Byard was the subject of a short documentary film, Anything for Jazz, which featured him playing, teaching and with his family. By the 1980s his main instrument remained the piano, and he still played both alto and tenor saxophones, but he had stopped playing the other instruments that he used to use professionally – bass, drums, guitar, trombone, and trumpet, although he still taught all of them. In the same period, he was often heard in New York playing solo, in duos, or in trios. in 1988 he played with a band founded by Mingus' widow to perform the bassist's compositions – the Mingus Big Band.Byard played and recorded with a former student of his, Ricky Ford, from 1989 to 1991 and continued to play and teach during the 1990s.

Charles Lloyd Quartet (feat. Keith Jarrett) "Love Song To A Baby"

 

Another one from Jazz Video Guy (Bret Primack).  This is the Charles Lloyd Quartet performing "Love Song To A Baby" on Belgian television on May 2nd, 1966.  The band lineup includes Charles Lloyd on flute, Keith Jarrett on piano, Cecil McBee on upright bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums.  

Chick Corea "Oblivion"

 

Studio and live versions of Bud Powell’s "Oblivion" by Chick Corea.  The studio track is from the “Chick Corea & Friends” album featuring Roy Haynes on drums, Christian McBride on bass, Kenny Garrett on alto saxophone, Joshua Redman on tenor saxophone, and the man himself, Il Maestro, Armando Antonio Corea on piano.  Check it out.  

Widespread Panic "Saint Ex"

 

From their concert at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center in Birmingham, Alabama on April 15th, 2011, here is the song "Saint Ex".  

Widespread Panic "Thought Sausage"

 

From their August 12th, 2000 performance at Oak Mountain Amphitheater in Tennessee, here is Widespread Panic with the peculiarly titled song, “Thought Sausage” featuring the band’s original guitarist, the late, great Michael Houser.  

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble One Night In Texas

 

For Full Concert Friday this week, check out Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble.  These are a couple of the band’s legendary performances in Austin, Texas.  

Widespread Panic "Bust It Big"

 

From their April 15th, 2011 show at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center in Birmingham, Alabama, here's the song "Bust It Big".  

Mose Allison “Your Mind Is On Vacation”

 

Mose Allison, jazzy and bluesy piano legend, plays his well known song "Your Mind Is On Vacation".  This specific performance dates back to 1975.  

Mike Bloomfield “Blues On The Westside”

 

Check out Mike Bloomfield with "Blues On The Westside".  

HQ Bootleg recording live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, February 8, 1969. Reportedly from Mark Naftalin’s personal soundboard tapes.

Michael Bloomfield - Guitar Nick Gravenites - Vocals Mark Naftalin - Piano Ira Kamin - Organ John Kahn - Bass Bob Jones - Drums Dino Andino - Conga Noel Jewkis - Tenor Sax Gerald Oshita - Baritone Sax Snooky Flowers - Baritone Sax John Wilmeth - Trumpet

https://www.the-discographer.dk/vinyl/bloomfield/05-bloomer-1969.pdf

Medeski, Martin, & Wood "Back and Forth"

 

Medeski Martin & Wood performs the track "Back & Forth" with some help from friends DJ Logic and Cyro Baptista.

Widespread Panic “Time Zones”

 

Widespread Panic performs "Time Zones" live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado on June 26, 2016.

Chick Corea "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs"

 

A Full Concert Friday/Full Album Friday.  Chick Corea explains and performs "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs", his 1968 record.  The trio includes Chick Corea on piano, Miroslav Vitous on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums.  This is actually a live concert performance of that very recording.  Well, not that exact recording, but a few of the songs are the same.  The record includes this track listing.

1. Steps: What Was

2. Matrix

3. Now He Sings, Now He Sobs

4. Now He Beats The Drums, Now He Stops

5. The Law of Falling and Catching Up

***

The track listing from this live performance by Corea, Vitous, and Haynes is:

1. How Deep Is The Ocean (Irving Berlin pop standard)

2. Rhythm-a-ning

3. But Beautiful

4. Matrix

5. Straight, No Chaser (Thelonius Monk cover)

Page McConnell “Radio Silence”

 

The first track off of Page McConnell’s new solo record.  Page of course is the keyboardist for Phish.  The solo record is called “Maybe We’re The Visitors”, and the first single cut was release last week.  This is it, and the tune is called “Radio Silence”.  Check it out.  

Widespread Panic "Ribs and Whiskey"

 

Two versions of Widespread Panic playing their song "Ribs And Whiskey".  One, featuring a guest appearance by the one and the only Warren Haynes at the 2015 Lockn' Festival in Arrington, Virginia, and the other, yet another of the many performances from Panic's 2016 show at Red Rocks in Morrison, Colorado, that you've seen on the blog lately.  Check them out.  

The Cookers "Slippin' and Slidin' "

 

From their 2014 "Time and Time Again" record, highlighted in a recent Spotify Sunday, here are The Cookers, with the tune "Slippin' and Slidin' ".

Mike Bloomfield "One Way Out"

 

From "The Lost Concert Tapes" here's Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper at The Fillmore East in New York, New York, playing Elmore James' and Sonny Boy Williamson II.'s, "One Way Out" circa 1968.  This likely was one of the inspirations (perhaps) for the Allman Brothers Band to play and record their version of this song made famous by a performance at The Fillmore East (of course), three years later, in 1971.  

Skip's Spotify Sunday 4-11-21

Chick Corea "Tap Step"

1. Samba L.A.

2. The Embrace

3. Tap Step

4. Magic Carpet

5. The Slide

6. Grandpa Blues

7. Flamenco

Chick Corea & Gary Burton "In Concert, Zurich, October 28, 1979"

1. Senor Mouse

2. Bud Powell

3. Crystal Silence

4. Tweak

5. Falling Grace

6. Mirror, Mirror

7. Song To Gayle

8. Endless Trouble, Endless Pleasure

Chick Corea "Fourtune"

1. Swing, Dentz, Swing

2. My One and Only Love

3. Boop Bap

4. Miyako

5. Night and Day

6. Invitation

7. Blues for John C.

8. Bud Powell

9. Sifu

10. Andy Meets Chick

11. Oleo

Chick Corea "Three Quartets"

1. Quartet No. 1

2. Quartet No. 3 & 2

3. Quartet No. 2 Part 1 - Album Version (dedicated to Duke Ellington)

4. Quartet No. 2 Part 2 - Album Version (dedicated to John Coltrane)

5. Folk Song

6. Hairy Canary

7. Slippery When Wet

8. Confirmation

Chick Corea "Trio Music"

(feat. Chick Corea: piano, Miroslav Vitous: upright bass, & Roy Haynes: drums)

1. Trio Improvisation, Pt. 1

2. Trio Improvisation, Pt. 2

3. Trio Improvisation, Pt. 3

4. Duet Improvisation, Pt. 1

5. Duet Improvisation, Pt. 2

6. Trio Improvisation, Pt. 4

7. Trio Improvisation, Pt. 5

8. Slippery When Wet

9. Rhythm-A-Ning

10. 'Round Midnight (Thelonius Monk cover)

11. Eronel

12. Think Of One

13. Little Rootie Tootie

14. Reflections

15. Hackensack (Thelonius Monk cover)

Chick Corea & Friedrich Gulda "Chick Corea & Friedrich Gulda: The Meeting"

1. Double Piano Improvisation Pt. 1 (Chick Corea, Friedrich Gulda, Frank Churchill)

2. Double Piano Improvisation Pt. 2 (Chick Corea, Friedrich Gulda, Miles Davis)

3. Double Piano Improvisation Pt. 3 (Chick Corea, Friedrich Gulda, Johannes Brahms, Fritz Pauer)

Chick Corea & Gary Burton "Chick Corea: The Lyric Suite For Sextet"

(feat. Chick Corea: piano, & Gary Burton: vibraphone)

1/ Part 1: Overture

2. Part 2: Waltz

3. Part 3: Sketch (For Thelonius Monk)

4. Part 4: Roller Coaster

5. Part 5: Brasilia

6. Part 6: Dream

7. Part 7: Finale

Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitous, & Roy Haynes "Trio Music, Live in Europe"

Chick Corea: piano, Miroslav Vitous: upright bass, & Roy Haynes: drums

1. The Loop

2. I Hear A Rhapsody (George Fragos, Jack Baker, & Dick Gasparre composition circa 1941).

3. Summer Night, Night And Day

4. Prelude No. 2, Mock Up

5. Transformation

6. Hittin' It

7. Mirovisions

Chick Corea "Children's Songs"

1. Children's Songs: No. 1

2. Children's Songs: No. 2

3. Children's Songs: No. 3

4. Children's Songs: No. 4

5. Children's Songs: No. 5

6. Children's Songs: No. 6

7. Children's Songs: No. 7

8. Children's Songs: No. 8

9. Children's Songs: No. 9

10. Children's Songs: No. 10

11. Children's Songs: No. 11

12. Children's Songs: No. 12

13. Children's Songs: No. 13

14. Children's Songs: No. 14

15. Children's Songs: No. 15

16. Children's Songs: No. 16 & 17

17. Children's Songs: No. 18

18. Children's Songs: No. 19

19. Children's Songs: No. 20

20. Children's Songs: Addendum

Chick Corea & Steve Kujala "Voyage"

Chick Corea: piano, & Steve Kujala: flute

1. Mallorca

2. Diversions

3. Star Island

4. Free Fall

5. Hong Kong

Chick Corea "Works"

1. Children's Songs: Addendum

2. here Are You Now? - A Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 1

3. Noon Song

4. Children's Song (Gary Burton, Chick Corea)

5. Part 5: Brasilia

6. Slippery When Wet (Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitous, & Roy Haynes)

7. Duet Improvisation, Pt. 1 (Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitous, & Roy Haynes)

8. A New Place - Excerpt

9. La Fiesta

Chick Corea "Septet"

1. Septet: 1st Movement

2. Septet: 2nd Movement

3. Septet: 3rd Movement

4. Septet: 4th Movement

5. Septet: 5th Movement

6. The Temple of Isfahan

Chick Corea "Inner Space"  

1. Straight Up And Down

2. Litha

3. Inner Space

4. Windows

5. Guijira

6. Trio for Flute, Bassoon and Piano

Chick Corea Elektric Band: Our Tribute to Chick

 

Originally broadcast on March 20th, 2021, a tribute to the one and the only, Il Maestro, Chick Corea, from his bandmates in The Elektric Band.  Guitarist Frank Gambale, bassist John Pattitucci, saxophonist Eric Marienthal, and drummer, Dave Weckl.  

The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper

A Full Concert and Full Album Friday rolled into one this week, featuring "The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper".  The is the four sided LP record version of the album.

Side 1

1. Opening Speech - Mike Bloomfield

2. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

3. I Wonder Who

4. Her Holy Modal Highness

Side 2

1. The Weight

2. Mary Ann

3. Together 'Til The End of Time

4. That's All Right

5. Green Onions

Side 3

1. Opening Speech - Al Kooper

2. Sonny Boy Williamson

3. No More Lonely Nights

Side 4

1. Dear Mr. Fantasy

2. Don't Throw Your Love At Me So Strong

3. Finale - Refugee

Mulgrew Miller (feat. Ralph Peterson) "Carousel"

From Jazz Video Guy on YouTube, here is pianist Mulgrew Miller with the tune "Carousel" featuring a quintet, in performance at the 2000 San Sebastian Jazz Festival in Spain.  The band lineup is:

Mulgrew Miller: piano

Richie Goods: upright bass

Ralph Peterson: drums

Duane Eubanks: trumpet

Steve Wilson: reeds

More about Mulgrew Miller.

Mulgrew Miller was a jazz pianist whose soulful erudition, clarity of touch and rhythmic aplomb made him a fixture in the postbop mainstream for more than 30 years. Mr. Miller developed his voice in the 1970s, combining the bright precision of bebop, as exemplified by Bud Powell and Oscar Peterson, with the clattering intrigue of modal jazz, especially as defined by McCoy Tyner. His balanced but assertive style was a model of fluency, lucidity and bounce, and it influenced more than a generation of younger pianists.

He was a widely respected bandleader, working with a trio or with the group he called Wingspan, after the title of his second album. The blend of alto saxophone and vibraphone on that album, released on Landmark Records in 1987, appealed enough to Mr. Miller that he revived it in 2002 on “The Sequel” (MaxJazz), working in both cases with the vibraphonist Steve Nelson. Among Mr. Miller’s releases in the past decade were an impeccable solo piano album and four live albums featuring his dynamic trio.

Mr. Miller could be physically imposing on the bandstand — he stood taller than six feet, with a sturdy build — but his temperament was warm and gentlemanly. He was a dedicated mentor: his bands over the past decade included musicians in their 20s, and since 2005 he had been the director of jazz studies at William Paterson University in New Jersey.

Born in Greenwood, Miss., on Aug. 13, 1955, Mulgrew Miller grew up immersed in Delta blues and gospel music. After picking out hymns by ear at the family piano, he began taking lessons at age 8. He played the organ in church and worked in soul cover bands, but devoted himself to jazz after seeing Peterson on television, a moment he later described as pivotal.

At Memphis State University he befriended two pianists, James Williams and Donald Brown, both of whom later joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. Mr. Miller spent several years with that band, just as he did with the trumpeter Woody Shaw, the singer Betty Carter and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, led by Ellington’s son Mercer. Mr. Miller worked in an acclaimed quintet led by the drummer Tony Williams from the mid-1980s until shortly before Williams died in 1997.

Widespread Panic "Greta"

 

Two live versions of Widespread Panic playing their song "Greta".  One recorded in Atlanta, Georgia, and the other recorded in Morrison, Colorado, at Red Rocks Amphitheater.  

Charles Lloyd Quartet (feat. Keith Jarrett) “Island Blues”

 

Once again, from Jazz Video Guy, another performance from their May 2nd, 1966 appearance on Belgian television, here’s the Charles Lloyd Quartet featuring Keith Jarrett.  Lloyd on tenor sax, Jarrett on piano, with Cecil McBee on upright bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums.  This performance is of the tune, “Island Blues”.  

Charles Lloyd Quartet (feat. Keith Jarrett) “East of The Sun”

 

From Jazz Video Guy, once again.  Here is Charles Lloyd on tenor saxophone performing with his quartet featuring Keith Jarrett on piano, along with the rhythm section of Cecil McBee on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums, playing a tune called “East of The Sun” on Belgian television on May 2nd, 1966.

Skip's Spotify Sunday 4-4-21

Chick Corea "Tones For Joan's Bones"

1. Litha

2. This Is New (Kurt Weill & Ira Gershwin composition)

3. Tones For Joan's Bones

4. Straight Up and Down

Chick Corea "The Song Of Singing"

1. Toy Room

2. Ballad I.

3. Rhymes

4. Flesh

5. Ballad III.

6. Nefertiti (Miles Davis cover)

7. Blues Connotation (Ornette Coleman cover)

8. Ballad II.

9. Drone

Chick Corea, Dave Holland, & Barry Altschull "A.R.C."

Chick Corea: piano, Dave Holland: bass (upright), & Barry Altschull: drums & percussion

1. Nefertiti (Miles Davis cover)

2. Ballad For Tillie

3. A.R.C.

4. Vadana

5. Thanatos

6. Games

Chick Corea "Piano Improvisations Vol. 1"

1. Noon Song

2. Song For Sally

3. Ballad For Anna

4. Song Of The Wind

5. Sometime Ago

6. Where Are You Now? - A Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 1

7. Where Are You Now? - A Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 2

8. Where Are You Now? - A Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 3

9. Where Are You Now? - A Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 4

10. Where Are You Now? - A Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 5

11. Where Are You Now? - A Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 6

12. Where Are You Now? - A Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 7

13. Where Are You Now? - A Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 8

Chick Corea "Piano Improvisations Vol. 2"

1. After Noon Song

2. Song For Lee Lee

3. Song For Thad

4. Trinkle Tinkle

5. Masquellero

6. Preparation I.

7. Preparation II.

8. Departure From Planet Earth

9. A New Place

Chick Corea "Return To Forever"

1. Return To Forever

2. Crystal Silence

3. What Game Shall We Play Today

4. Sometime Ago/La Fiesta

Gary Burton & Chick Corea "Crystal Silence"

Gary Burton: vibraphone, & Chick Corea: piano

1. Senor Mouse

2. Arise, Her Eyes

3. I'm Your Pal

4. Desert Air

5. Crystal Silence

6. Falling Grace

7. Feelings And Things

8. Children's Song

9. What Game Shall We Play Today

Chick Corea "The Leprechaun"

1. Imp's Welcome

2. Lenore

3. Reverie

4. Looking At The World

5. Night Sprite

6. Soft And Gentle

7. Pixieland Rag

8. Leprechaun's Dream

Chick Corea "My Spanish Heart"

1. Love Castle

2. The Gardens

3. Day Danse

4. My Spanish Heart

5. Night Streets

6. The Hilltop

7. The Sky

8. Wind Danse

9. Armando's Rhumba

10. Prelude To El Bozo

11. El Bozo Pt. 1

12. El Bozo Pt. 2

13. El Bozo Pt. 3

14. Spanish Fantasy Pt. 1

15. Spanish Fantasy Pt. 2

16. Spanish Fantasy Pt. 3

17. Spanish Fantasy Pt. 4

18. The Clouds

Chick Corea "The Mad Hatter"

1. The Woods

2. Tweedle Dee

3. The Trial

4. Humpty Dumpty

5. Prelude To Falling Alice

6. Falling Alice

7. Tweedle Dum

8. Dear Alice

9. The Mad Hatter Rhapsody

Chick Corea "Secret Agent"

1. The Golden Dawn

2. Slinky

3. Mirage

4. Drifting (feat. Gayle Moran: vocals)

5. Glebe St. Blues (feat. Gayle Moran: vocals)

6. Fickle Funk

7. Bagatelle #4

8. Hot News Blues (feat. Al Jarreau: vocals & Gayle Moran: vocals)

9. Central Park

Chick Corea "Friends"

1. The One Step

2. Waltse For Dave

3. Children's Song: No. 5

4. Samba Song

5. Friends

6. Sicily

7. Children's Song: No. 15

8. Cappucino

An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea In Concert (Live)

1. Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis cover)

2. Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)

3. Button Up

4. February Moment

5. Maiden Voyage

6. La Fiesta

Corea Hancock: An Evening with Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock (Live)

1. Homecoming 

2. Ostinato

3. The Hook

4. Intro

5. Bouquet

6. Maiden Voyage

7. La Fiesta

An Evening With Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock

1. Homecoming

2. Ostinato

3. The Hook

4. Bouquet

5. Maiden Voyage

6. La Fiesta

Gary Burton & Chick Corea "Duet"

1. Duet Suite

2. Children's Song: No. 15

3. Children's Song: No. 2

4. Children's Song: No. 5

5. Children's Song: No. 6

6. Radio

7. Song To Gayle

8. Never

9. La Fiesta

John Scofield Group "Wabash"

 

From Jazz Video Guy (Bret Primack), the John Scofield Group, playing "Wabash" ("Wabash Cannonball"), at the 1990 Mount Fuji Jazz Festival in Fuji, Japan.  The band lineup is a quartet including John Scofield on guitar, Joe Lovano on tenor saxophone, Anthony Cox on upright bass, and John Reilly on drums.

Chick Corea "Tones For Joan's Bones"

 

Full Album Friday this week, captures Chick Corea's first solo studio record, "Tones For Joan's Bones" released in 1968, and produced by Herbie Mann, the flautist and composer who recorded for Atlantic Records, which this record was also released on insofar as the label.  The track listing is:

1. Litha

2. This Is New (Kurt Weill & Ira Gershwin composition)

3. Tones For Joan's Bones

4. Straight Up And Down

The band lineup is:

Chick Corea: piano

Woody Shaw: trumpet

Joe Farrell: tenor saxophone, flute

Steve Swallow: double bass

Joe Chambers: drums

Jeff Lorber Fusion “The Samba”

 

From the 1977 record “Soft Space”, here is Jeff Lorber Fusion with “The Samba”, the opening cut on the record.  The band lineup is:

Jeff Lorber: piano, Rhodes piano, Moog Minimoog synthesizer, & Oberheim 4 Voice synthesizer

Chick Corea: Moog Minimoog synthesizer (solo)

Dean Reichert: acoustic & electric guitar

Lester McFarland: electric bass

Dennis Bradford: drums

Terry Layne: flute, alto & tenor saxophones

Ron Young: congas & percussion

Bruce Smith: congas & percussion