The Mad Hatter (album)

The Mad Hatter is an album by Chick Corea. Released in 1978, it is a concept album inspired by Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

The Mad Hatter
Studio album by Chick Corea
Released	1978
Recorded	Kendun Recorders Burbank, California
Genre	Jazz fusion, progressive rock
Length	50:03
Label	Polydor
Producer	Chick Corea
Chick Corea chronology
My Spanish Heart (1976) The Mad Hatter (1978) An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert (1978)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Chick Corea, additional lyrics as noted.

Side one

1. "The Woods" – 4:26
2. "Tweedle Dee" – 1:08
3. "The Trial" – 1:40
4. "Humpty Dumpty" – 6:30
5. "Prelude to Falling Alice" – 1:19
6. "Falling Alice" (lyrics by Gayle Moran) – 8:18

Side two

1. "Tweedle Dum" – 2:52
2. "Dear Alice" (lyrics by Gayle Moran) – 13:07
3. "The Mad Hatter Rhapsody" – 10:44

Personnel

• Chick Corea – acoustic piano (A1–B3); Fender Rhodes electric piano (A6); ARP Odyssey, Minimoog, Polymoog, Moog Model 15 modular, Moog Sample & Hold, Oberheim 8-voice synthesizers (A1, A6); MXR Digital Delay, Eventide Harmonizer (A1); marimba (A1, B2); finger cymbals (A5, B2); African shaker, cowbell, arrangements, producer
• Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone (A4, A6); flute (A3, A5, A6, B2, B3), concert flute (B2)
• Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes electric piano ((B3))
• Jamie Faunt – double bass (A3, A5, B1)
• Eddie Gómez – double bass (A4, A6, B2, B3)
• Steve Gadd – drums (A4, A6, B2, B3)
• Harvey Mason – drums (A3, A5)
• Gayle Moran – vocals (A3, A6, B1–B3)

Brass:

• Stewart Blumberg – trumpet (A3, A5, A6, B2, B3)
• John Rosenburg – trumpet (A3, A5, A6, B2, B3)
• John Thomas – trumpet (A5, A6, B2, B3)
• Ron Moss – trombone (A3, A5, A6, B3)

Strings:

• Charles Veal – violin (A2, A3, A5, A6, B1–B3)
• Kenneth Yerke – violin (A2, A3, A5, A6, B1–B3)
• Denyse Buffum – viola (A2, A3, A5, A6, B1, B2)
• Michael Nowack – viola (B3)
• Dennis Karmazyn – cello (A2, A3, A5, A6, B1–B3)

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard Top Jazz Albums	6 [3]
1978	Billboard Top Pop Albums	61

References

1. Yanow, Scott. "Chick Corea - The Mad Hatter (1978) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 50. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. "Chick Corea - The Mad Hatter (1978); Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

External links

• The Mad Hatter at Discogs