Piano Improvisations Vol. 1

Infobox Album |
Name = Piano Improvisations Vol. 1
Type = Album
Artist = Chick Corea


Released = 1971
Recorded = April 21, 1971 - April 22, 1970 Ame Bendiksen Studio, Oslo, Norway
Genre = Jazz
Length = 42:50
Label = ECM
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:35j20r5ar48v link]
Last album = "The Song of Singing"
(1970)
This album = "Piano Improvisations Vol. 1"
(1971)
Next album = "Piano Improvisations Vol. 2"
(1971)

"Piano Improvisations Vol. 1" is an album recorded by Chick Corea and released in 1971.

The album, along with its counterpart "Piano Improvisations Vol. 2", 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. The only musician featured on the album is Chick Corea on piano.

On the back cover of the album Corea writes, "This music was created out of the desire to communicate and share the dream of a better life with people everywhere."

Track listing

#"Noon Song" (Corea) – 4:08
#"Song for Sally" (Corea) – 3:50
#"Ballad for Anna" (Corea) – 2:31
#"Song of the Wind" (Corea) – 3:16
#"Sometime Ago" (Corea, Potter) – 8:29
#"Where Are You Now?: A Suite of Eight Pictures - Picture 1" (Corea) – 4:55
#"Where Are You Now?: A Suite of Eight Pictures - Picture 2" (Corea) – 2:06
#"Where Are You Now?: A Suite of Eight Pictures - Picture 3" (Corea) – 2:34
#"Where Are You Now?: A Suite of Eight Pictures - Picture 4" (Corea) – 2:47
#"Where Are You Now?: A Suite of Eight Pictures - Picture 5" (Corea) – 0:36
#"Where Are You Now?: A Suite of Eight Pictures - Picture 6" (Corea) – 3:57
#"Where Are You Now?: A Suite of Eight Pictures - Picture 7" (Corea) – 2:02
#"Where Are You Now?: A Suite of Eight Pictures - Picture 8" (Corea) – 1:36

Personnel

*Chick Corea - Piano