Improvised Meditations and Excursions

Improvised Meditations & Excursions is a jazz recording by John Lewis released in 1959.^[4]

Improvised Meditations & Excursions
Studio album by John Lewis
Released	1959 (1959)
Recorded	May 7–8, 1959[1]
Genre	Jazz
Label	Atlantic[2] SD-1313 (stereo), 1313 (mono)
Producer	Nesuhi Ertegun
John Lewis chronology
European Windows (1958) Improvised Meditations & Excursions (1959) Odds Against Tomorrow (Soundtrack) (1959)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Lewis, except where indicated.

Side 1

1. "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker)
2. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Jerome Kern)
3. "Delaunay's Dilemma"
4. "Love Me"

Side 2

1. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern)
2. "How Long Has This Been Going On" (George Gershwin)
3. "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson)

Liner notes

The liner notes by Horst Lippmann, a German jazz critic of the time, provide additional notes and influences in Lewis' jazz work on this and some of his other releases.^[5]

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.