Alive (Chick Corea album)

Alive is a studio live album by the Chick Corea Akoustic Band, released in 1991 through the record label GRP. The album peaked at number three on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart.^[4]

Alive
Live album by Chick Corea Akoustic Band
Released	February 1991
Recorded	December 16, 1989
Venue	Sunset Gower Studios, Stage 7, LA
Genre	Post-bop
Length	63:48
Label	GRP
Producer	Chick Corea
Chick Corea chronology
Inside Out (1990) Alive (1991) Beneath the Mask (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Track listing

1. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 9:14
2. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 11:40
3. "Humpty Dumpty" (Chick Corea) – 8:51
4. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 6:59
5. "U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)" (Billy Strayhorn) – 5:29
6. "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 8:39
7. "Hackensack" (Thelonious Monk) – 2:41
8. "Morning Sprite" (Chick Corea) – 10:15

Personnel

Musicians

• Chick Corea – piano
• John Patitucci – bass
• Dave Weckl – drums

Production

• Chick Corea – producer, engineer (mixing)
• Dave Grusin – executive producer
• Ron Moss – executive producer
• Larry Rosen – executive producer
• Bernie Kirsh – engineer (recording, mixing)
• Doug Sax – engineer (mastering)
• Robert Read – assistant engineer
• Evelyn Brechtlein – project coordination, management
• Joseph Doughney – post production
• Michael Landy – post production
• Michelle Lewis – production coordination
• David Gibb, Scott Johnson, Sonny Mediana, Andy Ruggirello, Dan Serrano – design
• Harrison Funk – photography

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1991	Billboard Top Jazz Albums	3[5]

References

1. Connolly, Dave. "Alive - Chick Corea's Akoustic Band : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
2. Giddins, Gary (26 April 1991). "Alive Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 1, 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. "Chick Corea: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
5. "Alive - Chick Corea's Akoustic Band | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.