Touchstone (album)

Touchstone

Studio album by Chick Corea

Released

1982

Genre

Jazz

Length

46:09

Chick Corea chronology

Trio Music
(1981)

Touchstone
(1982)

Lyric Suite for Sextet
(1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Touchstone is an album by Chick Corea, released in 1982 through Stretch Records. The album peaked at number nine on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.^[2]

Track listing

"Touchstone: Procession, Ceremony, Departure" – 10:58
"The Yellow Nimbus" – 8:51
"Duende" – 3:11
"Compadres" – 9:41
"Estancia" – 6:18
"Dance of Chance" – 7:14

Personnel

Musicians

Don Alias – bongos, congas, drums, percussion
Carlos Benavent – bass
Chick Corea – cymbals, guitar, moog synthesizer, piano, synthesizer
Laudir DeOliveira – caixa, drums, ganza, percussion, sound effects
Bill Gottlieb – cello
Gregg Gottlieb – cello
Bob Magnusson – bass
Gayle Moran – speech/speaker/speaking part, vocals, voices
Carol Shive – violin

Guest artists

Alex Acuña – cymbals, drums, percussion
Stanley Clarke – bass
Al Di Meola – guitar
Lee Konitz – alto sax
Steve Kujala – flute, tenor sax
Paco de Lucía – guitar, hand clapping, percussion
Allen Vizzutti – trumpet
Lenny White – drums

Production

Duncan Aldrich – engineer
Tony Cohan – liner notes
Bernie Grundman – engineer
Bernie Kirsh – engineer
Ron Moss – producer
Joel Strote – producer

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1982	Billboard Jazz Albums	9^[3]

References

↑ Yanow, Scott. "Touchstone - Chick Corea : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
↑ "Chick Corea: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
↑ "Touchstone - Chick Corea | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

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

Al Di Meola

Studio albums	Land of the Midnight Sun Elegant Gypsy Casino Splendido Hotel Electric Rendezvous Scenario Cielo e Terra Soaring Through a Dream Tirami Su World Sinfonia Kiss My Axe World Sinfonia II – Heart of the Immigrants Orange and Blue Di Meola Plays Piazzolla The Infinite Desire Winter Nights World Sinfonía III - The Grande Passion Flesh on Flesh Consequence of Chaos Vocal Rendezvous Diabolic Inventions and Seduction for Solo Guitar Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody All Your Life: Tribute to The Beatles recorded at the Abbey Road Studios, London

Live albums	Tour De Force – Live Live in London Melodia Live in Milano World Sinfonia :Live From Seattle And Else Where Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival

with Return to Forever	Where Have I Known You Before No Mystery Romantic Warrior Returns

with the Guitar Trio	Friday Night in San Francisco Passion, Grace and Fire The Guitar Trio

with Clarke and Ponty	Rite Of Strings

Guest appearances	Venusian Summer Go Live From Paris Go Go Too Hearts and Bones The Way In Latin Touchstone Jazzpana David Broza Dance of Fire The Promise Pavarotti & Friends For War Child People In Room No 8 The New Tango Project Crossing The Bridge Inspiration – Colors & Reflections Nylon & Steel The Running Roads Camino Latino Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Soulmates Black Utopia Deja Vu Cosmopolitan Life Midsummer Night In Sardinia Mária (Égi szerelem) The NYC Session: Beautiful Love Ő és Carmen (He and Carmen) Rockin in the Free World

as producer	Magic Touch

Related articles	Discography

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