Artist:  Chick Corea

Title:  The Mad Hatter

Date:  1978

Label:  Polydor Records   PD-1-6130

Photography:  Ed Caraeff

Cover Concept:  Chick Corea  

Art Direction:  Mike Doud

Design and Lettering:  Mike Manoogian

Additional Photography:  Stanley Gainsforth

Notes:  A clever album based upon Lewis Carroll's tales of wonder. Although "The Trial" can get a bit grating the rest of the album showcases Chick's finger work on various keyboards.  And it never hurts to have friends like Herbie Hancock stop by for a bit of music. A departure from his work with Return to Forever, but altoghther enjoyable. And Chick even gets all dressed up for the cover shoot.

Line Up: 

Chick Corea:  Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Moog Synthesizer
Joe Farrell:  Flute, Piccolo, Sax (Tenor)
Jamie Faunt, Eddie Gomez:  Bass
Steve Gadd:  Drums
Herbie Hancock:  Keyboards, Piano (Electric)
Dennis Karmazyn:  Cello
Harvey Mason, Sr.:  Drums
Gayle Moran:  Vocals
Ron Moss:  Trombone
John Rosenberg, John Thomas, Stewart Blumberg:  Trumpet
Charles Veal, Ken Yerke:  Violin
Denyse Buffum:  Cello, Viola

Track Listing

Side 1

The Woods
Tweedle Dee
The Trial
Humpty Dumpty
Prelude to Falling Alice
Falling Alice

Side 2

Tweedle Dum
Dear Alice
The Mad Hatter Rhapsody