Children's Songs is an album by Jazz pianist Chick Corea, released in 1984.
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Released | 1984 | |||
Recorded | July 1983 | |||
Genre | Jazz, Classical | |||
Length | 37:41 | |||
Label | ECM | |||
Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Children's Songs mainly consists of short songs with simple themes. There is little development in the pieces, which capture a variety of melodies and moods. Corea began writing the first song in 1971.
In the preface of the annotated version Corea stated that he aimed "to convey simplicity as beauty, as represented in the Spirit of a child".
There are stylistic and structural parallels to the cycle Mikrokosmos, by Béla Bartók, including:
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Chick Corea discography | |
As leader |
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Solo piano albums |
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Duos |
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with Gary Burton |
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with Circle |
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with Stanley Clarke |
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with Miles Davis |
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with Chick Corea Elektric Band |
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with Joe Farrell |
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with Stan Getz | |
with Joe Henderson |
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with Hubert Laws |
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with Herbie Mann | |
with Blue Mitchell |
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with Origin |
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with Return to Forever |
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with Wayne Shorter |
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with others |
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Compilations |
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Soundtracks |
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