Improvisations to Music

Mike Nichols/Elaine May | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 23, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000007Q8N
• Also Available in: Hardcover  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #314,455 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Still more from the Second City student ..., May 3, 2000

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Lauren C. Butler (Forest Hills, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Improvisations to Music (Audio CD)

Not the funniest of the Nichols and May albums, this is the duo's first CD. It consists of various piano pieces which they use as a springboard to launch into improv sets. None of them really made me laugh out loud, but more than one are oddly touching. Recommended for enthusiasts.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Drop Dead, February 6, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Improvisations to Music (Audio CD)

Absolutely amazing, clever, well-organized. Some of the funniest and best comedic bits i've ever heard. the music is prime and the characters, eerily and horribly fun.

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, April 9, 2009

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K. D. Jones "dajonzboy" (Tucson AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Improvisations to Music (Audio CD)

I grew up listening to this album - my parents were hipper than
they thought. I didn't understand much of it, of course, but soon
had it memorized word for word. I was astonished upon first listen
of this CD that there must have been alternate takes of the sketches -
"Cocktail Piano," for instance, lacks an inspired "What the hell--"
from Mr. Nichols that i always appreciated on the LP version. Odd, humm?

I adore this LP and am soooooooooooooooooooo pissed it will cost $30 to
replace my copy that was stolen when my home was ransacked. I am more or
less comforted knowing the thieves may be enlightened when they check it
out. But I doubt it... Amazing, beat, existential improv. A must own.