Is (Chick Corea album)
1969 studio album by Chick Corea
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Is is the third studio album by Chick Corea, recorded over three days in May 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.
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| Released | June 30, 1969[1] | |||
| Recorded | May 11–13, 1969 | |||
| Studio | Bell Sound, New York City | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Length | 51:46 | |||
| Label | Solid State | |||
| Producer | Sonny Lester | |||
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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.
Reception
Harvey Pekar, in a contemporary review for DownBeat, wrote "in view of the excellence Corea has demonstrated in the past, this record is disappointing", and that it was "an uneven but sometimes interesting LP".[2]
Track listing
All music composed by Chick Corea except as noted.
Side one
- "Is" – 28:54
Side two
- "Jamala" – 14:04 (Dave Holland)
- "This" – 8:18
- "It" – 0:30
Personnel
- Chick Corea – piano, electric piano
- Woody Shaw – trumpet
- Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone
- Hubert Laws – flute, piccolo
- Dave Holland – acoustic bass
- Jack DeJohnette – drums
- Horace Arnold – drums & percussion
See also
- The Complete "Is" Sessions (Blue Note, 2002)