The Vigil is an album recorded by Chick Corea and released sixth of August 2013. In the Billboard Jazz albums charts the album peaked at number 4.[1] The album won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album at the 15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.

The Vigil
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 6, 2013
Recorded2013
StudioMad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
GenreJazz, Jazz fusion
Length77:26
LabelConcord
ProducerChick Corea
Chick Corea chronology
Hot House
(2012)
The Vigil
(2013)
Trilogy
(2013)

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Chick Corea

No.TitleLength
1."Galaxy 32 Star 4"8:20
2."Planet Chia"11:07
3."Portals to Forever"16:04
4."Royalty"9:19
5."Outside of Space"5:00
6."Pledge for Peace"17:36
7."Legacy"10:00

Personnel

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Additional musicians

Production

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  • Chick Corea – producer
  • Bernie Kirsh – engineer, mixing
  • Buck Snow – mixing
  • Bob Cetti – assistant engineer
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
  • C. Taylor Crothers – photography
  • Marc Bessant – graphic design
  • Robert Schoeller – cover art
  • Dan Muse – liner note coordination
  • Bill Rooney – management

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz      [2]
AllMusic      [3]
Guardian      [4]
JazzTimes(not rated) [5]
Sputnikmusic4.4/5 [6]

John Kelman of All About Jazz comments, "The Vigil is certainly Corea's best electric album in decades,..., he's not made a single recording of new material anything like The Vigil in decades".[2]

Thom Jurek from AllMusic wrote, "These seven tunes (five are over ten minutes) reflect some of Corea's richest writing and arranging in years." He praises the band as exciting "as much for its potential as for the multifaceted talent the group members put on display here".[3]

John Fordham of the Guardian wrote, "Pianist Chick Corea, now 71, sounds on scintillating form here (...). The title apparently represents the vigil of jazz's elder statespersons in cherishing their pasts – but this unexpectedly full-on set is all about celebrating and reinventing, not polishing silverware."[4]

Steve Greenlee from JazzTimes stated, "This is, in fact, the most exciting music Corea has released in many years, and it features the most virile new writing that Corea has offered in a quarter-century (or more)."[5]

Hernan Campbell from Sputnikmusic summarized his review, "He's like a mad scientist at work in this album, combining the elements that made his previous albums so enthralling (...) and breathes life to a new embodiment of masterful ingenuity."[6] The album won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album at the 15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.

Chart performance

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Year Chart Position
2013 Billboard Jazz Albums 4 [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b Kelman, John (28 August 2013). "Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) album review | All About Jazz". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  4. ^ a b Fordham, John (8 August 2013). "Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) album review | Music | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  5. ^ a b Greenlee, Steve (27 October 2013). "Jazz Reviews: Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) album review | JazzTimes". jazztimes.com. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  6. ^ a b Campbell, Hernan (9 September 2013). "Chick Corea - The Vigil (2013) album review | Sputnikmusic". sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
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