Is (Chick Corea album)

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Is
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Studio album by
Chick Corea
ReleasedJune 30, 1969 [1]
RecordedMay 11–13, 1969
Studio Bell Sound, New York City
Genre Free jazz
Length51:46
Label Solid State
Producer Sonny Lester
Chick Corea chronology
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
(1968)		Is
(1969)		The Sun
(1971)
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Is is the third studio album by Chick Corea, recorded over three days in May of 1969 and released on Solid State Records later that year. The album features a septet with trumpeter Woody Shaw, tenor saxophonist Bennie Maupin, flautist Hubert Laws, bassist Dave Holland and drummers Jack DeJohnette & Horace Arnold.

Contents

In 2002, Blue Note Records re-released all tracks from this album, together with Sundance (1972), along with alternate takes from both albums as The Complete "Is" Sessions .

Track listing

All music composed by Chick Corea except as noted.

Side one

  1. "Is" – 28:54

Side two

  1. "Jamala" – 14:04 (Dave Holland)
  2. "This" – 8:18
  3. "It" – 0:30

Personnel

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "Chick Corea - Is (1969) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
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