The Complete "Is" Sessions is a 2002 Blue Note Records compilation / re-issue album by Chick Corea of material recorded in May 1969. The material of the "Is" sessions was released originally on two separate albums on two different record labels. The songs "Is", "This", "Jamala" and "It" were issued as Is on Solid State Records in 1969, whilst the remaining songs were released as Sundance on the Groove Merchant label in 1972. The 2002 Blue Note double CD package also includes alternate takes from the original recording sessions.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Chick Corea unless otherwise noted.
Disc one
"It" – 0:30
"The Brain" – 10:10
"This" – 8:18
"Song of the Wind" – 8:05
"Sundance" – 10:02
"The Brain [alternate take]" – 7:26
"This [alternate take]" – 11:49
"Song of the Wind [alternate take]" – 6:46
"Sundance [alternate take]" – 12:28
Disc two
"Jamala" (Dave Holland) – 14:07
"Converge" – 7:59
"Is" – 28:54
"Jamala [alternate take]" (Holland) – 8:57
"Converge [alternate take]" – 7:59
Personnel
Chick Corea – piano, electric piano
Woody Shaw – trumpet
Hubert Laws – flute, piccolo flute
Bennie Maupin – tenor sax
Dave Holland – bass
Jack DeJohnette – drums
Horace Arnold – drums, percussion
Production
Malcolm Addey – engineer, mastering
Michael Cuscuna – liner notes, release production
Sonny Lester – producer
Patrick Roques – artwork
Francis Wolff – artwork, photography
References
External links
Chick Corea - The Complete "Is" Sessions (rec. 1969, rel. 2002) album review by Thom Jurek, credits & releases at AllMusic Chick Corea - The Complete "Is" Sessions (rec. 1969, rel. 2002) album releases & credits at Discogs