''Time and Chance'' is the third studio album by the

jazz fusion Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and jazz improvisation, improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, ...

band

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, released in 1978 on

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. The album rose to No. 29 on the ''Billboard''

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chart.

Track listing

Personnel

* Jorge Strunz — acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Eduardo del Barrio — acoustic piano, electric piano, synthesizers, Moog, Roland, Oberheim Polyphonic, Yamaha Polyphonic * Steve Tavaglione — flute, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone * Mike Azeredo — congas, percussion *

Carlos Vega Carlos Vega (December 7, 1956 – April 7, 1998) was a Cuban-born Los Angeles-based session drummer best known for his performances with James Taylor. As a part of the L.A. studio scene from the late 1970s through the 1990s, Vega contributed to ...

— drums * Greg Lee — electric bass, Moog bass pedals * Hector Andrade — timbales, congas, percussion

Guests

* Larry Dunn — synthesizer (track 8) * Roberto da Silva — drums (track 8 only) *

Alex Acuña Alejandro Neciosup Acuña (born December 12, 1944), known professionally as Alex Acuña, is a Peruvian-American drummer and percussionist. Background Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands such as La Orquesta de los Hermanos Neci ...

— drums (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 ) *

Luis Conte Luis Conte (born 16 November 1954) is a Cuban percussionist best-known for his performances in the bands of artists including James Taylor, Madonna, Pat Metheny Group, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart and Shakira. He began ...

— bata, conga and timbales (track 9 only) * Akim Robert Davis — bata (track 9 only) * George del Barrio — acoustic piano (track 4 only), electric piano (track 5 only) * Charles Faris — digital aquasonic modulator (track 8 only) * Dianne Reeves — background vocals (tracks 8 only) * Michelle Wiley — background vocals (tracks 8 only) * Ella Faulk — background vocals (tracks 8 only)

References

1978 albums Capitol Records albums Caldera (band) albums Reissue albums {{1970s-jazz-album-stub