My Spanish Heart is the tenth solo album by Chick Corea, recorded and released in 1976. Prominent guest musicians include Corea’s Return to Forever bandmate Stanley Clarke on basses, violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, drummers Steve Gadd and Narada Michael Walden, and Corea’s wife Gayle Moran on vocals.
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Released | 1976 | |||
Recorded | October 1976 | |||
Studio | Kendun Recorders Burbank, California | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 73:03 (original album) / 77:36 (2000 expanded and remastered edition) | |||
Label | Polydor Verve (reissue) | |||
Producer | Chick Corea | |||
Chick Corea chronology | ||||
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The Village Voice | B+[4] |
The album combines jazz fusion pieces and more traditional Latin music pieces. The album includes use of full brass and string sections on some tracks. "El Bozo" suite relies heavily on the use of synthesizers while "Spanish Fantasy" suite is mostly acoustic. The first four tracks form a suite as well. “Armando’s Rhumba” is now widely considered a jazz standard.
My Spanish Heart received a five-star review from DownBeat magazine.[5]
All tracks composed by Chick Corea (except "The Hilltop" w/ Stanley Clarke)
Note: "The Sky" was omitted in CD editions released during the 1980s and 1990s due to efforts to make the whole double-LP to fit to one CD. This track is included in recent CD editions (the absolute length of audio CDs has increased over the years due to more efficient designing systems) along with the previously unreleased track "The Clouds". Due to consolidation in the record industry over the later part of the 20th century, recent issues of the album are now on Verve Records, a label that specializes in jazz.
Chart (1977) | Peak position |
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Billboard Top Jazz Albums | 2 [6] |
Billboard Top Pop Albums | 55 [6] |
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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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