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The Mad Hatter is a studio album by Chick Corea. Released in 1978, it is a concept album inspired by Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Track listing:
All tracks composed by Chick Corea. “Falling Alice” and “Dear Alice” include additional lyrics by Gayle Moran.

Side one
1. “The Woods” 4:26
2. “Tweedle Dee” 1:08
3. “The Trial” 1:40
4. “Humpty Dumpty” 6:30
5. “Prelude to Falling Alice” 1:19
6. “Falling Alice” 8:18
Side two
1. “Tweedle Dum” 2:52
2. “Dear Alice” 13:07
3. “The Mad Hatter Rhapsody” 10:44

Personnel:
Chick Corea – acoustic piano (A1–B3); Fender Rhodes electric piano (A6); ARP Odyssey, Minimoog, Polymoog, Moog Model 15 modular, Moog Sample & Hold, Oberheim Eight Voice synthesizers (A1, A6); MXR Digital Delay, Eventide Harmonizer (A1); marimba (A1, B2); finger cymbals (A5, B2); African shaker, cowbell, arrangements, producer
Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone (A4, A6); flute (A3, A5, A6, B2, B3), concert flute (B2)
Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes electric piano ((B3))
Jamie Faunt – double bass (A3, A5, B1)
Eddie Gómez – double bass (A4, A6, B2, B3)
Steve Gadd – drums (A4, A6, B2, B3)
Harvey Mason – drums (A3, A5)
Gayle Moran – vocals (A3, A6, B1–B3)

Brass:

Stewart Blumberg – trumpet (A3, A5, A6, B2, B3)
John Rosenburg – trumpet (A3, A5, A6, B2, B3)
John Thomas – trumpet (A5, A6, B2, B3)
Ron Moss – trombone (A3, A5, A6, B3)

Strings:

Charles Veal – violin (A2, A3, A5, A6, B1–B3)
Kenneth Yerke – violin (A2, A3, A5, A6, B1–B3)
Denyse Buffum – viola (A2, A3, A5, A6, B1, B2)
Michael Nowack – viola (B3)
Dennis Karmazyn – cello (A2, A3, A5, A6, B1–B3)

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