Improvised Meditations and Excursions
1959 studio album by John Lewis
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Improvised Meditations & Excursions is a jazz recording by John Lewis released in 1959.[4]
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| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | May 7–8, 1959[1] | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Atlantic[2] SD-1313 (stereo), 1313 (mono) | |||
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
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Track listing
All tracks composed by John Lewis, except where indicated.
Side 1
- "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker)
- "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Jerome Kern)
- "Delaunay's Dilemma"
- "Love Me"
Side 2
- "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern)
- "How Long Has This Been Going On" (George Gershwin)
- "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson)
Liner notes
The liner notes by Horst Lippmann, a German jazz critic of the time, provide additional notes and influences in Lewis' jazz work on this and some of his other releases.[5]
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.
