The Complete "Is" Sessions

The Complete "Is" Sessions
Compilation album by Chick Corea
Released	October 8, 2002
Recorded	May 11, 1969-May 13, 1969
Genre	Jazz
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Sonny Lester
Chick Corea chronology
Selected Recordings (2002)Selected Recordings2002 The Complete "Is" Sessions (2002) Rendezvous in New York (2003)Rendezvous in New York2003

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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 in 1969 as two separate albums on two different record labels. The songs "Is", "This", "Jamala" and "It" were issued as Is on Solid State Records, whilst the remaining songs were released as Sundance on the Groove Merchant label. 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

1. "It" – 0:30
2. "The Brain" – 10:10
3. "This" – 8:18
4. "Song of the Wind" – 8:05
5. "Sundance" – 10:02
6. "The Brain [alternate take]" – 7:26
7. "This [alternate take]" – 11:49
8. "Song of the Wind [alternate take]" – 6:46
9. "Sundance [alternate take]" – 12:28

Disc two

1. "Jamala" (Holland) – 14:07
2. "Converge" – 7:59
3. "Is" – 28:54
4. "Jamala [alternate take]" (Holland) – 8:57
5. "Converge [alternate take]" – 7:59

Personnel

• Horace Arnold – percussion, drums
• Chick Corea – piano, electric piano
• Jack DeJohnette – drums
• Dave Holland – bass
• Hubert Laws – flute, piccolo flute
• Bennie Maupin – tenor sax
• Woody Shaw – trumpet

Production

• Malcolm Addey – engineer, mastering
• Michael Cuscuna – liner notes, release production
• Sonny Lester – producer
• Patrick Roques – artwork
• Francis Wolff – artwork, photography