Improvised Meditations & Excursions

by John Lewis

Improvised Meditations & Excursions cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:38
  • Community rating: 3.47/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Stepping away from his highly structured work with the Modern Jazz Quartet, the pianist leads a subtle, incredibly refined trio date. The remarkably sparse, deliberate phrasing highlights his profound use of silence, classical restraint, and deep, underlying blues feeling. The album is a masterpiece of quiet intensity and intellectual, understated swing.

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Tracklist

  1. Now's the Time (3:48)
  2. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (4:53)
  3. Delaunay's Dilemma (4:28)
  4. Love Me (5:04)
  5. Yesterdays (6:20)
  6. How Long Has This Been Going On? (5:50)
  7. September Song (6:12)

Credits

  • John Lewis - primary artist, piano, written-by
  • George Duvivier - bass
  • Percy Heath - bass
  • Connie Kay - drums
  • Charlie Parker - written-by
  • Jerome Kern - written-by
  • Otto Harbach - written-by
  • George & Ira Gershwin - written-by

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