“When I die, I want them to play The Black and Crazy Blues, I want to be cremated, put in a bag of pot and I want beautiful people to smoke me and hope they got something out of it.” – Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Jazz multi-instrumentalist

Vinyl LP pressing. Chick Corea's first unaccompanied album initiated the solo piano idiom at ECM and proved to be extremely influential. Alongside music created in the moment, some powerful melodies are explored here, not least that of "Sometime Ago," soon to be a theme song for the Return To Forever band. "I found it quite easy to select what I felt was the single best disc [of 1971]. Chick Corea's Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 is a true masterpiece of music and a very important album" - Michael Cuscuna, Record World.

TRACK LISTING
1 Noon Song
2 Song for Sally
3 Ballad for Anna
4 Song of the Wind
5 Sometime Ago
6 Where Are You Now? - a Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 1
7 Where Are You Now? - a Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 2
8 Where Are You Now? - a Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 3
9 Where Are You Now? - a Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 4
10 Where Are You Now? - a Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 5
11 Where Are You Now? - a Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 6
12 Where Are You Now? - a Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 7
13 Where Are You Now? - a Suite of 8 Pictures - Picture 8

Weight .89 lbs