Piano Improvisations Vol. 2

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Piano Improvisations Vol. 2
Studio album by Chick Corea
Released 1971
Recorded April 21, 1971 - April 22, 1970 Ame Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, Norway
Genre Jazz
Length 40:12
Label ECM
Professional reviews
Chick Corea chronology
Piano Improvisations Vol. 1
(1971)		 Piano Improvisations Vol. 2
(1971)		 The Leprechaun
(1976)

Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 is an album recorded by Chick Corea and released in 1971.

The album, along with its counterpart Piano Improvisations Vol. 1, was recorded over the course of two days in Oslo, Norway. The two albums in the Piano Improvisations series serve as a sort of bridge between Corea's other works in Circle and Return to Forever. In addition to seven original pieces written by Corea, he interprets Wayne Shorter's Masqualero and Thelonious Monk's Trinkle, Tinkle. The only musician featured on the album is Chick Corea on piano.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "After Noon Song" (Corea) – 2:53
  2. "Song For Lee Lee" (Corea) – 2:46
  3. "Song For Thad" (Corea) – 2:05
  4. "Trinkle, Tinkle" (Monk) – 2:07
  5. "Masqualero " (Shorter) – 5:40
  6. "Preparation 1" (Corea) – 2:41
  7. "Preparation 2" (Corea) – 0:58
  8. "Departure From Planet Earth" (Corea) – 7:41
  9. "A New Place : Arrival, Scenery, Imps Walk, Rest" (Corea) – 13:19

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[edit] Charts

1971 - Billboard Top Jazz Albums - #33