Leprechaun

Chick Corea | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 12, 1993)
• Original Release Date: 1976
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000046QW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,533 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Imp's Welcome

2. Lenore

3. Reverie

4. Looking At The World

5. Nite Sprite

6. Soft And Gentle

7. Pixiland Rag

8. Leprechaun's Dream

9. Bonus Track

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The drumming makes it a valuable recording, March 3, 2001

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"gaddabout" (Mesa, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leprechaun (Audio CD)

From our point of view in the 21st century, the keyboard experimentation on this album will sound painfully out-dated. But no one can deny the virtuosity of keyboardist Chick Corea, and he spends most of his efforts here on an acoustic. Those familiar with Corea's fusion of jazz, classical and other styles will appreciate the wide variety of genres here, although the attempt at "jazz rock" on one of the tracks is laughable in spite of the amazing musical performances.

The redeeming value of this disc is the drumming of Steve Gadd. No other album demonstrates his skill, technique and composition like The Leprechaun. It is the kind of revolutionary recording that only comes along once a generation, and it only made sense that a revolutionary drummer like Gadd would lay down the tracks. If you're a drummer and you've never heard him play, or never been exposed to his linear-style, 32nd-note comping, this disc will change your life.

Probably not at the top of a Corea fan's list, but a must-have for anyone who considers themself a serious student of the drum set.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very much worth it, August 20, 2001

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S. Guernsey "sguernsey" (North Yarmouth, ME USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leprechaun (Audio CD)

If you've grown up in the "synthesizer age" you can appreciate the sounds as the best available at the time. Regardless of tone Corea's performance remains miraculous. But the supporting musicians get the real applause - Gadd's work is INCREDIBLE, in an interview Corea stated that Gadd took "Night Sprite" in ONE TAKE, very hard to believe since Gadd beautifully works Corea's complex arrangement masterfully. Anthony Jackson on electric bass, Eddie Gomez on Acoustic Bass, and the trombone solo (Reichenbach?, Watrous?) on "Leprechaun's Dream" simply KILLS.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If nothing else, a DRUMMER'S ALBUM, September 26, 2004

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Phil Boucher "kz1000ps" (Albany, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leprechaun (Audio CD)

Yeah yeah it's from 1975 and those analog synths sound dated, but if you really wanna hear musicians play in stunning form then you will grow to appreciate, even like the quirks on here. Yeah yeah there's a few tracks that could be called throwaways, but they help to give the album a completeness of character, aka the title. Deal with it, you'll hear incredible songs AND incredible singing (listen to Gayle's crystalline voice at the end of "Lenore").
For the drummers out there, I discovered this album 2 1/2 years ago and it has become a chapter in my drum bible, God being Gadd. He's known as the best drummer with us today for a reason (but I like him better than Buddy or Gene..) and this album demonstrates as clearly as possible. However, once you're converted, you'll soon learn that absolutely ANYTHING with Steve Gadd on it shows him at his best-- just as musical as demonstrated here, because he is the best. So once you've cried over this album, go find anything with this guy on it. You form the impossible impression that this guy is literally perfect.
Back to reality, "Lenore", "Nite Sprite", and "Leprechaun's Dream Part 2" are the highlights and can be listened to thousands of times and you'll still be noticing interplay between just SOMETHING that you didn't notice before. I'll go against the grain of the drum community on this one, but I think "Dream Pt2" is the best Gadd work on here, and also (probably by no coincidence) the best song, but that's just my opinion.
Oh yeah, Chick, Eddie, Anthony and the horn and string sections were all inspiring too.