A.R.C. is an album by American jazz pianist Chick Corea, British jazz bassist Dave Holland and American jazz drummer Barry Altschul, recorded over January 11–13, 1971 and released on ECM later that year.
Background The trio had recently recorded Corea's The Song of Singing together, which also features a version of Wayne Shorter's "Nefertiti".
This is the first project in Holland's long association with ECM.
Title The album title stands for "affinity, reality, communication", a phrase used in Scientology, with which Corea had recently become involved.
Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "This LP features pianist Chick Corea, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Barry Altschul during the brief period that, along with Anthony Braxton, they were members of the fine avant-garde quartet Circle. The music heard on this set is not quite as free as Circle's but often very explorative ... a very viable set of adventurous jazz, recorded just a few months before Corea changed direction."Yanow, S. Chick Corea, David Holland, Barry Altschul - A.R.C. (1971) album review | AllMusic accessed August 30, 2011
Track listing
Personnel Musicians Chick Corea– acoustic piano David Holland – bass Barry Altschul – drums, percussions
Production Manfred Eicher – producer Kurt Rapp – engineer B & B Wojirsch – cover design
See also Circle – A group featuring Corea, Holland and Altschul.
References
External links Chick Corea, David Holland, Barry Altschul - A.R.C. (1971) album review by Scott Yanow, credits & releases at AllMusic Chick Corea, David Holland, Barry Altschul - A.R.C. (1971) album releases & credits at Discogs Chick Corea, David Holland, Barry Altschul - A.R.C. (1971) album to be listened as stream on Spotify