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Touchstone is an album by Chick Corea, released in 1982 through Warner Bros. Records. The album peaked at number nine on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.[3]

Touchstone
Studio album by Chick Corea
Released	1982 (1982)
Studio	Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:09
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Chick Corea
Chick Corea chronology
Trio Music (1981) Touchstone (1982) Lyric Suite for Sextet (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Chick Corea.

1. "Touchstone: Procession, Ceremony, Departure" – 10:58
2. "The Yellow Nimbus" – 8:51
3. "Duende" – 3:11
4. "Compadres" – 9:41
5. "Estancia" – 6:18
6. "Dance of Chance" – 7:14

Personnel

Musicians

• Chick Corea – acoustic piano (1, 2, 3), Fender Rhodes electric piano (4, 5, 6), Fairlight CMI, Minimoog, Moog 55 modular, Oberheim OB-Xa & Yamaha GS-1 synthesizers (1, 2, 4, 5, 6); gong, cymbal (1)
• Gayle Moran – vocals, speech/speaker/speaking part, voices (1)
• Allen Vizzutti – trumpet (6)
• Steve Kujala – flute, tenor saxophone (6)
• Lee Konitz – alto saxophone (3)
• Carol Shive – violin (3)
• Gregg Gottlieb – cello (3)
• Bob Magnusson – double bass (3)
• Paco de Lucía – guitar (1, 2); hand clapping, percussion (2)
• Al Di Meola – guitar (4)
• Carles Benavent – fretless electric bass (1, 6)
• Stanley Clarke – electric bass (4)
• Lenny White – drums (4)
• Alex Acuña – drums (5, 6); snare drum, cymbals, cajón (1)
• Laudir DeOliveira – caixa, ganzá (1); caxixi, wood blocks (5)
• Don Alias – lya drum (2); bongos (5); congas (5, 6)

Production

• Duncan Aldrich – engineer
• Bernie Grundman – engineer
• Bernie Kirsh – engineer
• Chick Corea – producer
• Ron Moss – executive producer
• Joel Strote – executive producer
• Tony Cohan – liner notes

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1982	Billboard Jazz Albums	9 [4]

References

External links

• Chick Corea - Touchstone (1982) album review by Scott Yanow, credits & releases at AllMusic
• Chick Corea - Touchstone (1982) album releases & credits at Discogs
• Chick Corea - Touchstone (1982) album to be listened as stream on Spotify

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