Chick Corea Akoustic Band

Akoustic Band is a 1989 jazz album by the Chick Corea Akoustic Band, featuring Chick Corea with John Patitucci and Dave Weckl. The group was nominated and received the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards.

Akoustic Band
Studio album by Chick Corea Akoustic Band
Released	1989
Recorded	1989
Studio	Clinton Recording Studios, NYC
Genre	Post-bop, Jazz fusion
Length	60:29
Label	GRP Records
Producer	Chick Corea
Chick Corea Akoustic Band chronology
Summer Night: Live (1987) Akoustic Band (1989) Live from Blue Note Tokyo (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 1.5 stars and its review by Daniel Gioffre states: "After recording a string of fusion records in the late '80s with his Chick Corea Elektric Band, Chick Corea returned to acoustic jazz with this trio date. Enlisting Elektric Band sidemen John Patitucci and Dave Weckl, Corea swings through ten tracks with noticeably mixed results. The leader is as romantic as ever, playing with bravado even on ballads, flawlessly executing complicated ideas, reveling in drama and melodrama."[1]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bessie's Blues"	John Coltrane	4:57
2.	"My One and Only Love"	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Robert Mellin, Guy Wood	4:47
3.	"So in Love"	Cole Porter	6:55
4.	"Sophisticated Lady"	Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish	5:07
5.	"Autumn Leaves"	Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert	5:07

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Someday My Prince Will Come"	Frank Churchill, Larry Morey	6:14
2.	"Morning Sprite"	Chick Corea	6:33
3.	"T.B.C. (Terminal Baggage Claim)"	Corea	5:15
4.	"Circles"	Corea	6:33
5.	"Spain"	Corea	5:52

Personnel

Musicians

• Bass – John Patitucci
• Drums – Dave Weckl
• Piano, Producer – Chick Corea[2]

Production

• Project Coordinator – Evelyn Brechtlein
• Engineer – Bernie Kirsh
• Executive Producer – Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen
• Executive Album Producer – Ron Moss
• Digital Mix Assistant – Larry Mah
• Recording Manager – Mick Thompson
• Recording Manager Assistant – Joseph Martin[2]

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1989	Billboard Top Jazz Albums	1[3]

Awards

Grammy Awards[4]

Year	Winner	Category
1989	Chick Corea Akoustic Band	Best Jazz Instrumental Album

References

1. Gioffre, Daniel. Akoustic Band – Chick Corea Akoustic Band at AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
2. Chick Corea Akoustic Band (Vinyl album cover). Chick Corea Akoustic Band. United Kingdom: GRP. 1994. GRP-9582.CS1 maint: others (link)
3. "Akoustic Band – Chick Corea's Akoustic Band | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
4. "32nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1989)". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved November 12, 2017.