Improvised Meditations and Excursions explained

Improvised Meditations & Excursions
Type:	studio
Artist:	John Lewis
Cover:	Improvised Meditations and Excursions.jpeg
Recorded:	May 7–8, 1959^[1]
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Atlantic^[2] SD-1313 (stereo), 1313 (mono)
Producer:	Nesuhi Ertegun
Prev Title:	European Windows
Prev Year:	1958
Next Title:	Odds Against Tomorrow (Soundtrack)
Next Year:	1959

Improvised Meditations & Excursions is a jazz recording by John Lewis released in 1959.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Lewis, except where indicated.

Side 1

1. "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker)
2. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Jerome Kern)
3. "Delaunay's Dilemma"
4. "Love Me"

Side 2

1. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern)
2. "How Long Has This Been Going On" (George Gershwin)
3. "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson)

Liner notes

The liner notes by Horst Lippmann, a German jazz critic of the time, provide additional notes and influences in Lewis' jazz work on this and some of his other releases.^[4]

Personnel

On "Now's The Time", "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", "Delaunay's Dilemma" and "September Song":

• John Lewis – piano
• George Duvivier – bass
• Connie Kay – drums

On "Love Me", "Yesterdays" and "How Long Has This Been Going On":

• John Lewis – piano
• Percy Heath – bass
• Connie Kay – drums

All tracks engineered by Earle Brown and Frank Abbey.

Notes and References

1. Book: John Lewis. Thierry. Lalo. Jacques. Lubin. May 19, 1991. Editions Parenthèses. 9782907224222. Google Books.
2. Book: Mathieson, Kenny. Cookin': Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65. March 1, 2012. Canongate Books. 9780857866165. Google Books.
3. Book: Yanow, Scott. Bebop. May 19, 2000. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9780879306083. Google Books.
4. Book: Oliphant, Dave. Texan Jazz. May 19, 1996. University of Texas Press. 9780292760455. Google Books.