Tap Step

Released

1980

Recorded

December, 1979 - January, 1980 Los Angeles, Love Castle Studio, except "Samba L.A.", recorded at Oceanway Recording Studio

Genre

Jazz

Length

40:38

Chick Corea chronology

Delphi I
(1979)

Tap Step
(1980)

Live In Montreux
(1981)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Tap Step is an album recorded by Chick Corea and released in 1980.^[3]

Track listing

All music composed and arranged by Chick Corea.

Side one

"Samba L.A." (Lyrics Tony Cohan) – 5:52
"The Embrace" (Lyrics Tony Cohan) – 5:52
"Tap Step" – 8:19

Side two

"Magic Carpet" – 6:51
"The Slide" – 6:47
"Grandpa Blues" (Vocoder Lyrics Chick Corea) - 4:03
"Flamenco" - 3:34

Personnel

Chick Corea - Clavinet, OB-X, Moog 55, Acoustic Piano, Minimoog, Rhodes, Fender Rhodes, Vocoder, Piano, Handclaps
Gayle Moran - Vocals on Samba L.A. and The Embrace
Flora Purim - Vocals on Samba L.A.
Shelby Flint - Vocals on Samba L.A.
Nani Villa Brunel - Vocals on Samba L.A.
Airto Moreira - Snare Drums, Tamborim, Whistle Drums, Pandero on Samba L.A. and Cuica on The Slide'
Laudir de Oliveira - Surdo, Agogô, Ganza, Tamborim on Samba L.A. and Agogo on The Slide
Hubert Laws - Flute on The Embrace and Piccolo on Flamenco
Bunny Brunel - Fretless Bass on all tracks except Samba L. A., Yamaha 2000 on The Embrace
Tom Brechtlein - Drums on all tracks except Samba L. A.
Don Alias - Congas on The Embrace, Magic Carpet and Lya drums on The Slide
Al Vizzutti - Trumpets on The Embrace, Tap Step, Magic Carpet and Flugelhorn on The Embrace
Joe Farrell - Tenor saxophone on Tap Step and Magic Carpet, Soprano saxophone on Flamenco
Jamie Faunt - Piccolo bass on The Slide
Stanley Clarke - Piccolo bass and Talk box on Grandpa Blues
Joe Henderson - Tenor saxophone on Flamenco

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1980	Billboard 200	170^[4]
1980	Billboard Jazz Albums	8^[4]

References

↑ Yanow, Scott. "Tap Step - Chick Corea | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 51. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
↑ "allmusic ((( Tap Step > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
1 2 "Tap Step - Chick Corea | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

External links

Allmusic Chick Corea Tap Step
"Chick Corea - Tap Step (LP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2009-08-25.

Chick Corea (discography)

As leader	Tones for Joan's Bones Now He Sings, Now He Sobs Is Sundance The Song of Singing A.R.C. The Leprechaun My Spanish Heart The Mad Hatter Secret Agent Friends Tap Step Three Quartets Trio Music Touchstone Again and Again Summer Night: Live Chick Corea Akoustic Band Alive Time Warp Rendezvous in New York The Ultimate Adventure Super Trio Five Peace Band Live The Vigil Trilogy

Solo albums	Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 Delphi I Delphi II & III Expressions Children's Songs Solo Piano - Originals Solo Piano - Standards

Collaborations	Super Nova An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert CoreaHancock Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert Voyage Play The Mozart Sessions The Enchantment Duet

with Gary Burton	Crystal Silence Duet In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 Lyric Suite for Sextet Native Sense - The New Duets Like Minds The New Crystal Silence Hot House

with Circle	Circling In Circulus Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert Paris Concert Circle 2: Gathering

with Miles Davis	Water Babies Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Bitches Brew Jack Johnson Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East Circle in the Round Live-Evil On the Corner Big Fun Bitches Brew Live

with Elektric Band	The Chick Corea Elektric Band Light Years Eye of the Beholder Inside Out Beneath the Mask Live From Elario's (First Gig) To the Stars

with Joe Farrell	Joe Farrell Quartet Outback Skate Board Park

with Stan Getz	Sweet Rain Captain Marvel

with Herbie Mann	Latin Mann Afro to Bossa to Blues Standing Ovation at Newport The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd Monday Night at the Village Gate

with Blue Mitchell	The Thing to Do Down with It! Boss Horn

with Origin	Live at the Blue Note A Week at The Blue Note Change corea.concerto – Spain For Sextet & Orchestra – Piano Concerto No.1

with Return to Forever	Return to Forever Light as a Feather Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy Where Have I Known You Before No Mystery Romantic Warrior Musicmagic Live Returns Forever [as Corea, Clarke & White] The Mothership Returns

with others	The Laws of Jazz Flute By-Laws Moto Grosso Feio Turkish Women at the Bath The Creeper Merry-Go-Round Going to the Rainbow Round Trip Echoes of an Era Big Band Elektric Band II: Paint the World

Compilations	Inner Space The Complete "Is" Sessions

Soundtracks	Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown

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