''The Ultimate Adventure'' is an album recorded by

Chick Corea Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", " 500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and ...

and released in 2006. Like his 2004 album '' To the Stars'', ''The Ultimate Adventure'' is a musical tribute to the work of science fiction author and Scientology founder

L. Ron Hubbard Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986) was an American author, primarily of science fiction and fantasy stories, who is best known for having founded the Church of Scientology. In 1950, Hubbard authored '' Dianetic ...

. The album draws heavily upon the rhythmic and melodic traditions of

African African or Africans may refer to: * Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa: ** People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa *** Ethn ...

, Spanish, and

Arabian The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. ...

music. ''The Ultimate Adventure'' peaked number 7 in the ''

Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...

'' Top Jazz albums and also won two

Grammy The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pre ...

awards in 2007 for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance (Individual or Group) and Best Instrumental Arrangement.The Recording Academy, 49th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List (Categories 48 and 84)

Track listing

All music composed by

#"Three Ghouls, Pt. 1" – 1:38 #"Three Ghouls, Pt. 2" – 4:02 #"Three Ghouls, Pt. 3" – 3:11 #"City of Brass" – 6:38 #"Queen Tedmur" – 5:15 #"El Stephen, Pt. 1" – 6:39 #"El Stephen, Pt. 2" – 1:47 #"King & Queen" – 6:06 #"Moseb the Executioner, Pt. 1" – 1:39 #"Moseb the Executioner, Pt. 2" – 2:20 #"Moseb the Executioner, Pt. 3" – 1:54 #"North Africa" – 6:24 #"Flight from Karoof, Pt. 1" – 6:11 #"Flight from Karoof, Pt. 2" – 1:36 #"Planes of Existence, Pt. 1" – 5:25 #"Arabian Nights, Pt. 1" – 4:30 #"Arabian Nights, Pt. 2" – 2:38 #"Gods & Devils" – 2:15 #"Planes of Existence, Pt. 2" – 2:50

Personnel

;Musicians *

– acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, acoustic and electronic percussion, synthesizers * Hubert Laws – flute (on "Three Ghouls", "Queen Tedmur") *

Jorge Pardo Jorge Pardo may refer to: *Jorge Pardo (artist) *Jorge Pardo (musician) (born 1955), Spanish musician *J. D. Pardo Jorge Daniel Pardo (born September 7, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Jack Toretto in '' F9'' (2021), as ...

– flute, saxophone, palmas handclaps ("City of Brass", "El Stephen", "King & Queen", "North Africa", "Flight from Karoof", "Planes of Existence", "Gods & Devils") * Tim Garland –

bass clarinet The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays notes an octave bel ...

(on "Queen Tedmur"), tenor saxophone (on "Moseb the Executioner") * Frank Gambale – acoustic guitar (on "Arabian Nights") * Carles Benavent – electric bass, palmas handclaps * Steve Gadd – drums, palmas handclaps (on "Three Ghouls", "El Stephen", "Flight from Karoof") * Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (on "Queen Tedmur", "Moseb the Executioner", "North Africa", "Arabian Nights") * Tom Brechtlein – drums, palmas handclaps (on "King & Queen", "Planes of Existence") *

Airto Moreira Airto Guimorvan Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. Coming to prominence in the late 1960s as a member of the ...

– percussion (on "Three Ghouls", "Moseb the Executioner", "North Africa"), vocals * Hossam Ramzy – percussion (on "City of Brass", "Flight from Karoof") *

Rubem Dantas Rubem Dantas (born Salvador, Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, 1954) is a Brazilian jazz fusion percussionist. He is noted for his work with Camarón de la Isla, Paco de Lucía, Ramón de Algeciras, Chick Corea, Pepe de Lucía (he was part of the Paco de ...

– percussion, palmas handclaps (on "King & Queen", "Moseb the Executioner", "North Africa", "Planes of Existence", "Arabian Nights", "Gods & Devils") ;Production personnel * Bernie Kirsh –

recording engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, ...

* Al Schmitt – mixing engineer * Buck Snow – mixing engineer *

Doug Sax Doug Lionel Sax (April 26, 1936 – April 2, 2015) was an American mastering engineer from Los Angeles, California. He mastered three of The Doors' albums, including their 1967 debut; six of Pink Floyd's albums, including ''The Wall''; Ray Charles ...

–

mastering engineer A mastering engineer is a person skilled in the practice of taking audio (typically musical content) that has been previously mixed in either the analog or digital domain as mono, stereo, or multichannel formats and preparing it for use in distr ...

Chart performance

References

External links

Chick Corea – ''The Ultimate Adventure'' (2006) album review by Thom Jurek, credits & releases
at AllMusic
Chick Corea – ''The Ultimate Adventure'' (2006) album releases & credits
at Discogs
Chick Corea – ''The Ultimate Adventure'' (2006) album to be listened
as stream on Spotify {{DEFAULTSORT:Ultimate Adventure, The Chick Corea albums Jazz fusion albums by American artists 2006 albums Stretch Records albums Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album L. Ron Hubbard