Chick Corea - The Mad Hatter (1978)

01. The Woods - 4:23
02. Tweedle Dee - 1:08
03. The Trial - 1:39
04. Humpty Dumpty - 6:27
05. Prelude To Falling Alice - 1:19
06. Falling Alice (lyrics by Gayle Moran) - 8:14
07. Tweedle Dum - 2:50
08. Dear Alice (lyrics by Gayle Moran) - 13:07
09. The Mad Hatter Rhapsody - 10:41

- Chick Corea - acoustic piano, Fender rhodes, Mini-moog, Poly Moog, Moog 15,
 Moog Sample and Hold, Arp Odyssey, Oberheim 8 Voice, MXR Digital Delay,
 Eventide Harmonizer, marimba, finger cymbals, African Shaker, cow bell, vocals
- Herbie Hancock - Fender rhodes (06,09)
- Gayle Moran - vocals
- Steve Gadd, Harvey Mason - drums
- Eddie Gomez, Jamie Faunt - acoustic bass
- Joe Farrell - tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo
- John Thomas - lead trumpet
- Stuart Blumberg, John Rosenberg - trumpet
- Ron Moss - trombone
- Charles Veal Jr. - 1st violin
- Kenneth Yerke - 2nd violin
- Denyse Buffum, Michael Nowack - viola
- Dennis Karmazyn – cello

This post-Return to Forever Chick Corea LP is a bit of a mixed bag. Corea is heard on his many keyboards during an atmospheric "The Woods," interacts with a string section on "Tweedle Dee," features a larger band plus singer Gayle Moran on a few other songs and even welcomes fellow keyboardist Herbie Hancock for the "Mad Hatter Rhapsody." The most interesting selection, a quartet rendition of "Humpty Dumpty" with tenorman Joe Farrell set the stage for his next project, Friends. Overall, this is an interesting and generally enjoyable release. ---Scott Yanow, allmusic.com

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