Improvised Meditations and Excursions

Improvised Meditations & Excursions
Studio album by John Lewis
Released	1959
Recorded	May 7-8, 1959
Genre	Jazz
Label	Atlantic Records
John Lewis chronology
European Windows (1958) Improvised Meditations & Excursions (1959) Odds Against Tomorrow (Soundtrack) (1959)

Improvised Meditations & Excursions is a jazz recording by John Lewis as a solo artist, released in 1959.

This work represents Lewis away from his Modern Jazz Quartet mates. This LP on Atlantic SD-1313 (stereo) released in both mono and stereo pressings.

Tracks

Side 1

1. "Now's the Time";
2. "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes";
3. "Delaunay's Dilemma";
4. "Love Me";

Side 2

1. "Yesterdays";
2. "How Long Has This Been Going On";
3. "September Song".

Liner notes

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

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.