Chick Corea – The Complete "Is" Sessions

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Label:	Blue Note – 7243 5 40532 2 1, Blue Note – 40532
Series:	Blue Note Connoisseur Series
Format:	2 x CD, Compilation, Limited Edition
Country:	Europe
Released:	2002
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Free Jazz, Free Improvisation

Tracklist

1-1	It	0:28
1-2	The Brain	10:08
1-3	This	8:15
1-4	Song Of The Wind	8:02
1-5	Sundance	9:59
1-6	The Brain (Alt Tk)	7:23
1-7	This (Alt Tk)	11:47
1-8	Song Of The Wind (Alt Tk)	6:44
1-9	Sundance (Alt Tk)	13:28
2-1	Jamala Composed By – Dave Holland	14:05
2-2	Converge	7:56
2-3	Is	28:52
2-4	Jamala (Alt Tk) Composed By – Dave Holland	8:55
2-5	Converge (Alt Tk)	7:59

Companies, etc.

Marketed By – EMI
Distributed By – EMI
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Capitol Records, Inc.
Copyright © – Capitol Records, Inc.
Pressed By – EMI Uden
Recorded At – Bell Sound Studios
Mastered At – Malcolm Addey Studio

Credits

Bass – Dave Holland
Composed By – Chick Corea (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 2-2, 2-3, 2-5)
Cover – Patrick Roques
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Drums, Percussion – Horace Arnold*
Flute, Piccolo Flute – Hubert Laws
Photography By [Cover And Liner Photographs] – Francis Wolff
Piano, Electric Piano – Chick Corea
Producer [Produced By] – Sonny Lester
Recorded By, Mastered By – Malcolm Addey
Reissue Producer [Producer For Release By], Liner Notes – Michael Cuscuna
Tenor Saxophone – Bennie Maupin
Trumpet – Woody Shaw

Notes

Recorded at Bell Sound, New York City on May 11, 12 and 13, 1969
Mastered at the Malcolm Addey Studio, New York City
Cover and liner photographs © Mosaic Images

Note: The alternate take of "Sundance" was transferred from an LP; no tape source could be found.

1-1, 1-3, 2-1, 2-3 were on the original "Is", released in 1969 on Solid State Records, 1-2, 1-4, 1-5 and 2-2, recorded at the same sessions were released three years later as "Sundance" on Groove Merchant. The rest are alternate takes, never released before. Bennie Maupin was not credited on the original release of "Is".

Comes in slim double jewel case with 8-page booklet featuring liner notes and credits.

Printed in the EU

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 7 2435-40532-2 1
Label Code: LC 0133
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Price Code (F): PM 806
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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	The Complete "Is" Sessions (2×CD, Compilation, Limited Edition)	Blue Note, Blue Note	7243 5 40532 2 1, 40532	US	2002
New Submission	The Complete "Is" Sessions (2×CD, Compilation, Limited Edition, Unofficial Release)	Limited Edition (6)	LDR 2625	Russia	Unknown