Piano Improvisations Vol. 2

1972 studio album by Chick Corea

Piano Improvisations Vol. 2

Studio album by

Chick Corea

Released| March 1972[1]
Recorded| April 21–22, 1971 (1971-04-21 – 1971-04-22)
Studio| Ame Bendiksen Studio
Oslo, Norway
Genre| Jazz
Length| 39:14
Label| ECM 1020 ST
Producer| Manfred Eicher
Chick Corea chronology
| Sundance
(1972)  | Piano Improvisations Vol. 2
(1972)  | Return to Forever
(1972)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|  [4]

Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 is a studio album (and second solo piano album) by jazz pianist Chick Corea, recorded over two days in April 1971 and released on ECM in March 1972. It was recorded at the same session as Piano Improvisations Vol. 1, released the previous year.

## Background

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The two Piano Improvisations albums serve as a sort of bridge between Corea's largely free work in Circle and his more melodic Return to Forever music.[5]

## Track listing

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### Original release

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All tracks composed by Chick Corea except as noted
A. Side one

1. "After Noon Song" – 2:49
2. "Song for Lee Lee" – 2:41
3. "Song for Thad" – 2:00
4. "Trinkle, Tinkle" (Thelonious Monk) – 2:01
5. "Masqualero" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:32

B. Side two

1. "Preparation 1" – 2:37
2. "Preparation 2" – 0:52
3. "Departure from Planet Earth" – 7:36
4. "A New Place"
1. "Arrival" – 0:36
2. "Scenery" – 5:49
3. "Imps Walk" – 1:36
4. "Rest" – 5:05

## Personnel

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* Chick Corea – piano

Production

* Manfred Eicher – producer
* Jan Erik Kongshaug – engineer
* B. & B. Wojirsch – cover design

## Liner notes

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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," a theme continued from A.R.C. (Affinity, Reality, Communication), also released the year previously—an expression his deepening interest in Scientology.

## Chart performance

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Year | Chart | Position

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1975  | Billboard Jazz Albums  | 33[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Piano Improvisations Vol. 2". ECM.
2. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Piano Improvisations, Vol. 2 - Chick Corea | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 50\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 304\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
5. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Chick Corea: Piano Improvisations, Vol. 1". AllMusic. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
6. ^ "Piano Improvisations, Vol. 2 - Chick Corea | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 27, 2013.

## External links

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* Chick Corea - Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 (1972) album review by Scott Yanow, credits & releases at AllMusic
* Chick Corea - Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 (1972) album releases & credits at Discogs
* Chick Corea - Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 (1972) album to be listened as stream on Spotify

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Chick Corea

Chick Corea discography

As leader|

* Tones for Joan's Bones (1968)
* Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968)
* Circling In (1975)
* Is (1969)
* Sundance (1972)
* The Song of Singing (1970)
* A.R.C.  (1971) (with Dave Holland & Barry Altschul)
* The Leprechaun (1976)
* My Spanish Heart (1976)
* The Mad Hatter (1978)
* Secret Agent (1978)
* Friends (1978)
* Tap Step (1980)
* Three Quartets (1981)
* Trio Music (1982)
* Touchstone (1982)
* Again and Again (1983)
* Summer Night: Live (1987) (with Akoustic Band)
* Chick Corea Akoustic Band (1989) (with Akoustic Band)
* Alive (1991) (with Akoustic Band)
* Seabreeze (1993) (with Gayle Moran & Lionel Hampton)
* Time Warp (1995)
* Remembering Bud Powell (1996)
* Rendezvous in New York (2003)
* The Ultimate Adventure (2006)
* Super Trio - Live at the One World Theatre, April 3rd, 2005 (2006) (with Steve Gadd & Christian McBride)
* Five Peace Band Live (2009) (with John McLaughlin)
* Further Explorations (2012)
* The Continents: Concerto for Jazz Quintet & Chamber Orchestra (2012)
* The Vigil (2013)
* Trilogy (2013) (with Chick Corea Trio)
* The Musician: Live at The Blue Note Jazz Café (2016)
* Chinese Butterfly (2017) (with Steve Gadd)
* Trilogy 2 (2019)(with Chick Corea Trio)
* Antidote (2019)

Solo piano albums|

* Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971)
* Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 (1972)
* Delphi I (1979)
* Delphi II & III (1980)
* Children's Songs (1984)
* Expressions (1994)
* Solo Piano: Originals (2000)
* Solo Piano: Standards (2000)
* Solo Piano – Portraits (2014)
* Plays (2020)

Duos|

* An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert (1978)
* CoreaHancock (1979)
* Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert (1980)
* Voyage (1984) [with Steve Kujala]
* Play (1992) (with Bobby McFerrin)
* The Enchantment (2007) (with Béla Fleck)
* Duet (2008) (with Hiromi Uehara)
* Orvieto (2010) (with Stefano Bollani)
* Two (2015) [with Béla Fleck]

with Gary Burton|

* Crystal Silence (1972)
* Duet (1979)
* In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 (1980)
* Lyric Suite for Sextet (1982)
* Native Sense - The New Duets (1997)
* The New Crystal Silence (2008)
* Hot House (2012)

Circle|

* Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert (1970)
* Circle 2: Gathering (1971)
* Paris Concert (1972)
* Circling In (1975)
* Circulus (1978)

with Stanley Clarke|

* Children of Forever (1973)
* Journey to Love (1975)
* Rocks, Pebbles and Sand (1980)
* Up (2014)

with Miles Davis|

* Water Babies (1976)
* Filles de Kilimanjaro (1969)
* In a Silent Way (1969)
* Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (2013)
* Bitches Brew (1970)
* Bitches Brew Live (2011)
* Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West (1977)
* Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East (1970)
* Miles at the Fillmore – Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3 (2014)
* Jack Johnson (a.k.a. A Tribute to Jack Johnson) (1971)
* Circle in the Round (1979)
* Live-Evil (1971)
* On the Corner (1972)
* Big Fun (1974)

with
Chick Corea Elektric Band|

* The Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986)
* Light Years (1987)
* Eye of the Beholder (1988)
* Inside Out (1990)
* Beneath the Mask (1991)
* Elektric Band II: Paint the World (1993)
* Live from Elario's (The First Gig) (1996)
* To the Stars (2004)
* Live in Tokyo 1987 (2017)

with Joe Farrell|

* Joe Farrell Quartet (1970)
* Outback (1971)
* Skate Board Park (1979)

with Stan Getz|

* Sweet Rain (1967)
* What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (1968)
* Captain Marvel (1972)

with Joe Henderson|

* Relaxin' at Camarillo (1979)
* Mirror Mirror (1980)
* Joe Henderson: Big Band (1997)

with Hubert Laws|

* The Laws of Jazz (1964)
* Flute By-Laws (1966)
* Laws' Cause (1968)
* Wild Flower (1972)
* Family (1980)
* Blanchard: New Earth Sonata (1985)

with Herbie Mann|

* Herbie Mann Plays The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (1965)
* Monday Night at the Village Gate (1966)
* Latin Mann Afro to Bossa to Blues (1965)
* Standing Ovation at Newport (1965)

with Blue Mitchell|

* The Thing to Do (1964)
* Down with It! (1965)
* Boss Horn (1967)

with Origin|

* Live at the Blue Note (1998)
* A Week at The Blue Note (1998)
* Change (1999)
* corea.concerto: Spain for Sextet & Orchestra / Piano Concerto No. 1 (1999)

with Return to Forever|

* Return to Forever (1972)
* Light as a Feather (1973)
* Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973)
* Where Have I Known You Before (1974)
* No Mystery (1975)
* Romantic Warrior (1976)
* Musicmagic (1977)
* Live (1978)
* Returns (2009)
* Forever [as Corea, Clarke & White] (2011)
* The Mothership Returns (2012)

with Wayne Shorter|

* Super Nova (1969)
* Moto Grosso Feio (1974)

with others|

* Sonny Stitt: Stitt Goes Latin (1963)
* Dave Pike: Manhattan Latin (1964)
* Cal Tjader: Soul Burst (1966)
* Pete La Roca: Turkish Women at the Bath (1967)
* Donald Byrd: The Creeper (1981)
* Eric Kloss: To Hear Is to See! (1969)
* Eric Kloss: Consciousness! (1970)
* Larry Coryell: Spaces (1970)
* Sadao Watanabe: Round Trip (1970)
* Marion Brown: Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (1970)
* Richard Davis: The Philosophy of the Spiritual (1971)
* Rolf Kühn Jazzgroup: Going to the Rainbow (1971)
* John Surman: Conflagration (1971)
* Elvin Jones: Merry-Go-Round (1972)
* Airto Moreira: Free (1972)
* Anthony Braxton: The Complete Braxton (1973)
* Richard Davis: With Understanding (1975)
* Dee Dee Bridgewater: Just Family (1977)
* Ron Carter: Parade (1979)
* Gábor Szabó: Femme Fatale (1979)
* Tete Montoliu: Lunch in L.A. (1980)
* Chaka Khan et al.: Echoes of an Era (1982)
* Elektric Band II: Paint the World (1993)
* Like Minds (1998) (with Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland)
* Herbie Hancock: Gershwin's World (1998)
* Avishai Cohen: Lyla (2003)
* Miroslav Vitouš: Universal Syncopations (2003)
* Antonio Sánchez: Migration (2007)
* Hans Glawischnig: Panorama (2008)

Compilations|

* Inner Space (1973)
* The Complete "Is" Sessions (2002)

Soundtracks|

* Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1989)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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