Is (Chick Corea album)

Is
Studio album by
Chick Corea
ReleasedJune 30, 1969[1]
RecordedMay 11–13, 1969
StudioBell Sound, New York City
GenreFree jazz
Length51:46
LabelSolid State
ProducerSonny Lester
Chick Corea chronology
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
(1968) 		Is
(1969) 		The Sun
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
DownBeat[2]

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.

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

  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. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Chick Corea - Is (1969) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Down Beat: March 19, 1970 vol. 37, no. 6. Review by Harvey Pekar.
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