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Improvised Meditations and Excursions

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Released
  
1959 (1959)

Artist
  
John Lewis

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Recorded
  
May 7-8, 1959

Release date
  
1959

Genre
  
Jazz

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Improvised Meditations & Excursions (1959)
  
Odds Against Tomorrow (Soundtrack) (1959)

Similar
  
John Lewis albums, Jazz albums

Improvised Meditations & Excursions is a jazz recording by John Lewis as a solo artist, released in 1959.

Contents

This work represents Lewis away from his Modern Jazz Quartet mates. This LP on Atlantic SD-1313 (stereo) released in both mono and stereo pressings.

Side 1

  1. "Now's the Time";
  2. "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes";
  3. "Delaunay's Dilemma";
  4. "Love Me";

Side 2

  1. "Yesterdays";
  2. "How Long Has This Been Going On";
  3. "September Song".

Personnel

On "Now's The Time", "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", "Delaunay's Dilemma", and "September Song":

  • John Lewis – piano
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Connie Kay – drums
  • On "Love Me", "Yesterdays", and "How Long Has This Been Going On":

  • John Lewis – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Connie Kay – drums
  • All tracks engineered by Earle Brown and Frank Abbey.

    Songs

    1Now's the Time3:46
    2Smoke Gets in Your Eyes4:50
    3Delauney's Dilemma4:21

    References

    Improvised Meditations and Excursions Wikipedia