The Complete "Is" Sessions
2002 compilation album by Chick Corea
The Complete "Is" Sessions | ||||
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Compilation album by Chick Corea | ||||
Released | October 8, 2002 | |||
Recorded | May 11–13, 1969 | |||
Studio | Bell Sound (New York City) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Blue Note | |||
Producer | Sonny Lester | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
The Complete "Is" Sessions is a 2002 Blue Note Records compilation album by Chick Corea of material recorded in May of 1969. The material from the "Is" sessions was released originally on two separate albums on two different record labels. The songs "Is", "This", "Jamala" and "It" were issued as Is on Solid State Records in 1969, whilst the remaining songs were released as Sundance on the Groove Merchant label in 1972. The 2002 Blue Note double CD package also includes alternate takes from the original recording sessions.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Chick Corea unless otherwise noted.
Disc one
- "It" – 0:30
- "The Brain" – 10:10
- "This" – 8:18
- "Song of the Wind" – 8:05
- "Sundance" – 10:02
- "The Brain [alternate take]" – 7:26
- "This [alternate take]" – 11:49
- "Song of the Wind [alternate take]" – 6:46
- "Sundance [alternate take]" – 12:28
Disc two
- "Jamala" (Dave Holland) – 14:07
- "Converge" – 7:59
- "Is" – 28:54
- "Jamala [alternate take]" (Holland) – 8:57
- "Converge [alternate take]" – 7:59
Personnel
- Chick Corea – piano, electric piano
- Woody Shaw – trumpet
- Hubert Laws – flute, piccolo flute
- Bennie Maupin – tenor sax
- Dave Holland – bass
- Jack DeJohnette – drums
- Horace Arnold – drums, percussion
Production
- Malcolm Addey – engineer, mastering
- Michael Cuscuna – liner notes, release production
- Sonny Lester – producer
- Patrick Roques – artwork
- Francis Wolff – artwork, photography
References
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "Chick Corea - The Complete "Is" Sessions (rec. 1969, rel. 2002) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
External links
- Gilbert, Robert (January 21, 2003). "Chick Corea - The Complete "Is" Sessions (rec. 1969, rel. 2002) album review". All About Jazz. www.allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
- Chick Corea - The Complete "Is" Sessions (rec. 1969, rel. 2002) album review by Thom Jurek, credits & releases at AllMusic
- Chick Corea - The Complete "Is" Sessions (rec. 1969, rel. 2002) album releases & credits at Discogs
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leader
- Tones for Joan's Bones (1968)
- Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968)
- Circling In (1975)
- Is (1969)
- Sundance (1972)
- The Song of Singing (1970)
- A.R.C. (1971) (with Dave Holland & Barry Altschul)
- The Leprechaun (1976)
- My Spanish Heart (1976)
- The Mad Hatter (1978)
- Secret Agent (1978)
- Friends (1978)
- Tap Step (1980)
- Three Quartets (1981)
- Trio Music (1982)
- Touchstone (1982)
- Again and Again (1983)
- Summer Night: Live (1987) (with Akoustic Band)
- Chick Corea Akoustic Band (1989) (with Akoustic Band)
- Alive (1991) (with Akoustic Band)
- Seabreeze (1993) (with Gayle Moran & Lionel Hampton)
- Time Warp (1995)
- Remembering Bud Powell (1996)
- Rendezvous in New York (2003)
- The Ultimate Adventure (2006)
- Super Trio - Live at the One World Theatre, April 3rd, 2005 (2006) (with Steve Gadd & Christian McBride)
- Five Peace Band Live (2009) (with John McLaughlin)
- Further Explorations (2012)
- The Continents: Concerto for Jazz Quintet & Chamber Orchestra (2012)
- The Vigil (2013)
- Trilogy (2013) (with Chick Corea Trio)
- The Musician: Live at The Blue Note Jazz Café (2016)
- Chinese Butterfly (2017) (with Steve Gadd)
- Trilogy 2 (2019)(with Chick Corea Trio)
- Antidote (2019)
albums
- Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971)
- Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 (1972)
- Delphi I (1979)
- Delphi II & III (1980)
- Children's Songs (1984)
- Expressions (1994)
- Solo Piano: Originals (2000)
- Solo Piano: Standards (2000)
- Solo Piano – Portraits (2014)
- Plays (2020)
- An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert (1978)
- CoreaHancock (1979)
- Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert (1980)
- Voyage (1984) [with Steve Kujala]
- Play (1992) (with Bobby McFerrin)
- The Enchantment (2007) (with Béla Fleck)
- Duet (2008) (with Hiromi Uehara)
- Orvieto (2010) (with Stefano Bollani)
- Two (2015) [with Béla Fleck]
Gary Burton
- Crystal Silence (1972)
- Duet (1979)
- In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 (1980)
- Lyric Suite for Sextet (1982)
- Native Sense - The New Duets (1997)
- The New Crystal Silence (2008)
- Hot House (2012)
- Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert (1970)
- Circle 2: Gathering (1971)
- Paris Concert (1972)
- Circling In (1975)
- Circulus (1978)
Stanley Clarke
- Children of Forever (1973)
- Journey to Love (1975)
- Rocks, Pebbles and Sand (1980)
- Up (2014)
Miles Davis
- Water Babies (1976)
- Filles de Kilimanjaro (1969)
- In a Silent Way (1969)
- Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (2013)
- Bitches Brew (1970)
- Bitches Brew Live (2011)
- Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West (1977)
- Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East (1970)
- Miles at the Fillmore – Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3 (2014)
- Jack Johnson (a.k.a. A Tribute to Jack Johnson) (1971)
- Circle in the Round (1979)
- Live-Evil (1971)
- On the Corner (1972)
- Big Fun (1974)
Chick Corea
Elektric Band
- The Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986)
- Light Years (1987)
- Eye of the Beholder (1988)
- Inside Out (1990)
- Beneath the Mask (1991)
- Elektric Band II: Paint the World (1993)
- Live from Elario's (The First Gig) (1996)
- To the Stars (2004)
- Live in Tokyo 1987 (2017)
Joe Farrell
- Joe Farrell Quartet (1970)
- Outback (1971)
- Skate Board Park (1979)
Stan Getz
- Sweet Rain (1967)
- What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (1968)
- Captain Marvel (1972)
Joe Henderson
- Relaxin' at Camarillo (1979)
- Mirror Mirror (1980)
- Joe Henderson: Big Band (1997)
Hubert Laws
- The Laws of Jazz (1964)
- Flute By-Laws (1966)
- Laws' Cause (1968)
- Wild Flower (1972)
- Family (1980)
- Blanchard: New Earth Sonata (1985)
Herbie Mann
Blue Mitchell
- The Thing to Do (1964)
- Down with It! (1965)
- Boss Horn (1967)
Origin
- Live at the Blue Note (1998)
- A Week at The Blue Note (1998)
- Change (1999)
- corea.concerto: Spain for Sextet & Orchestra / Piano Concerto No. 1 (1999)
Return to Forever
- Return to Forever (1972)
- Light as a Feather (1973)
- Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973)
- Where Have I Known You Before (1974)
- No Mystery (1975)
- Romantic Warrior (1976)
- Musicmagic (1977)
- Live (1978)
- Returns (2009)
- Forever [as Corea, Clarke & White] (2011)
- The Mothership Returns (2012)
Wayne Shorter
- Super Nova (1969)
- Moto Grosso Feio (1974)
others
- Sonny Stitt: Stitt Goes Latin (1963)
- Dave Pike: Manhattan Latin (1964)
- Cal Tjader: Soul Burst (1966)
- Pete La Roca: Turkish Women at the Bath (1967)
- Donald Byrd: The Creeper (1981)
- Eric Kloss: To Hear Is to See! (1969)
- Eric Kloss: Consciousness! (1970)
- Larry Coryell: Spaces (1970)
- Sadao Watanabe: Round Trip (1970)
- Marion Brown: Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (1970)
- Richard Davis: The Philosophy of the Spiritual (1971)
- Rolf Kühn Jazzgroup: Going to the Rainbow (1971)
- John Surman: Conflagration (1971)
- Elvin Jones: Merry-Go-Round (1972)
- Airto Moreira: Free (1972)
- Anthony Braxton: The Complete Braxton (1973)
- Richard Davis: With Understanding (1975)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater: Just Family (1977)
- Ron Carter: Parade (1979)
- Gábor Szabó: Femme Fatale (1979)
- Tete Montoliu: Lunch in L.A. (1980)
- Chaka Khan et al.: Echoes of an Era (1982)
- Elektric Band II: Paint the World (1993)
- Like Minds (1998) (with Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland)
- Herbie Hancock: Gershwin's World (1998)
- Avishai Cohen: Lyla (2003)
- Miroslav Vitouš: Universal Syncopations (2003)
- Antonio Sánchez: Migration (2007)
- Hans Glawischnig: Panorama (2008)
- Inner Space (1973)
- The Complete "Is" Sessions (2002)
- Chick Corea/Herbie Hancock/Keith Jarret/McCoy Tyner (1976)
- Chick Corea Compact Jazz (1987)
- Best of Chick Corea (1993)
- Selected Recordings (2002)
- Very Best of Chick Corea (2004)
- Herbie Mann-Chick Corea: The Complete Latin Band Sessions (2007)
- Electric Chick (2008)
- Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1989)