The Mad Hatter (album)

For the Bonham album, see Mad Hatter (album).

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

Mad Hatter
Studio album by Chick Corea
Released	1978
Recorded	November 1977
Studio	Kendun Recorders (Burbank, California)
Genre	Jazz fusion, progressive rock
Length	50:03
Label	Polydor
Producer	Chick Corea
Chick Corea chronology
Live (Return to Forever album) (1978) Mad Hatter (1978) Circulus (1978)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Chick Corea. "Falling Alice" and "Dear Alice" include additional lyrics by Gayle Moran.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
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"	8:18

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tweedle Dum"	2:52
2.	"Dear Alice"	13:07
3.	"The Mad Hatter Rhapsody"	10:44
Total length:		50:03

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

Chart (1978)	Peak position
US Billboard Billboard Top Jazz Albums[4]	6
US 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. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 50. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. "Chick Corea - The Mad Hatter (1978); Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

External links

• The Mad Hatter at Discogs