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{{Infobox album
| name = Tap Step
| type = studio
| artist = [[Chick Corea]]
| cover = Chick_Corea_Tap_Step.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1980
| recorded = December 1979 – January 1980
| venue =
| studio = [[Ocean Way Recording|Ocean Way Recording Studio]] (track A1) & Love Castle Studios (tracks A2–B4), [[Los Angeles]], California, USA
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| length = 40:38
| label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| producer = [[Chick Corea]]
| prev_title = [[Delphi II & III]]
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert
| next_year = 1980
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{Cite web|url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/r137073 |title=Chick Corea - ''Tap Step'' (1980) album review | AllMusic|first=Scott|last=Yanow|authorlink1=Scott Yanow|website=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|access-date=3 July 2011}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{Cite book|last1=Cook|first1=Richard|authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]|year=2008|edition=9th|publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]]|isbn=978-0-141-03401-0|page=305}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen
|url-access=registration
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/51 51]
}}</ref>
}}
'''''Tap Step''''' is a studio album recorded by [[Chick Corea]] in 1979 & 1980.<ref name="AM" /> It features previous Corea collaborators [[Flora Purim]], [[Joe Farrell]], [[Stanley Clarke]] and [[Gayle Moran]], along with percussionists [[Airto]], [[Don Alias]] and [[Laudir de Oliveira]].

==Recording==
The album was recorded in December 1979 and January 1980.<ref name="Penguin" /> All of the seven tracks were originals first released on this album.<ref name="AM" />

== Reception ==
In a review issued on May 3, 1980, a ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' writer commented on Corea's experimentation on ''Tap Step'' with three types of [[Moog synthesizer]], an [[Oberheim Electronics|Oberheim]] synthesizer, a [[Rhodes piano|Rhodes]] and [[Bösendorfer]] and a [[Hohner]] duo keyboard. In the view of the writer, this approach made this album sound modern but also at times "freakish and unmusical".<ref name="bboardreview">{{cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1980/BB-1980-05-03.pdf|title=Review: Chick Corea — Tap Step|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=3 May 1980|access-date=31 May 2020|volume=85|number=18|page=50|via=American Radio History|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All music composed and arranged by [[Chick Corea]].

===Side one===
#"Samba L.A." (lyrics by [[Tony Cohan]]) – 5:52
#"The Embrace" (lyrics by Tony Cohan) – 5:52
#"Tap Step" – 8:19

===Side two===
#"Magic Carpet" – 6:51
#"The Slide" – 6:47
#"Grandpa Blues" (vocoder lyrics by Chick Corea) – 4:03
#"Flamenco" – 3:34

==Personnel==
* [[Chick Corea]] – [[Piano|acoustic piano]] (A2, B1, B4); [[Rhodes piano|Fender Rhodes electric piano]] (A3, B2, B3); [[Clavinet|Hohner clavinet]] (A1); [[Minimoog]] (A3, B2–B4), [[vocoder|Moog vocoder]] (B3), [[Moog modular synthesizer|Moog 55 modular]] (A1–B4) & [[Oberheim OB-X]] (A1, A3) [[synthesizer]]s; [[Woodblock (instrument)|wood blocks]] (B1); handclaps
* [[Gayle Moran]] – vocals (A1, A2)
* [[Flora Purim]] – vocals (A1)
* [[Shelby Flint]] – vocals (A1)
* Nani Villa Brunel – vocals (A1)
* Al Vizzutti – [[trumpet]]s (A2, A3, B1); [[flugelhorn]] (A2)
* [[Hubert Laws]] – [[flute]] (A2); [[Piccolo|piccolo flute]] (B4)
* [[Joe Farrell]] – [[tenor saxophone]] (A3, B1); [[soprano saxophone]] (B4)
* [[Joe Henderson]] – tenor saxophone (B4)
* [[Bunny Brunel]] – [[Bass guitar#Fretted and fretless basses|fretless electric bass]] (A2–B4); Yamaha 2000 keyboard (A2)
* Jamie Faunt – [[Piccolo bass|electric piccolo bass]] (B2)
* [[Stanley Clarke]] – electric piccolo bass, [[talk box]] (B3)
* Tom Brechtlein – [[Drum kit|drums]] (A2–B4)
* [[Airto Moreira]] – drums, [[snare drum]]s, [[whistle]], [[tamborim]], [[pandero]] (A1); [[cuica]] (B2)
* [[Don Alias]] – [[conga]]s (A2, B1); Lya drums (B2)
* [[Laudir de Oliveira]] – [[surdo|surdo kick drum]], [[ganza|ganza shaker]], tamborim (A1); [[agogô]] (A1, B2)

== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Chart (1980)
! Peak{{break}}position
|-
|US [[Billboard 200|Top LPs & Tape]] (''Billboard'')<ref name=allmusicawards>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/tap-step-mw0000105212/awards |title=Chick Corea - ''Tap Step'' (1980) | Awards | AllMusic |work=allmusic.com |access-date=27 October 2013}}{{failed verification|date=November 2022}}</ref>
|align="center"|170
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Jazz LPs<ref name=allmusicawards/>
|align="center"|8
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.discogs.com/Chick-Corea-Tap-Step/release/832511 Chick Corea - ''Tap Step'' (1980) album releases & credits] at [[Discogs]]

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[[Category:1980 albums]]
[[Category:Chick Corea albums]]
[[Category:Warner Records albums]]

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