Improvisations to Music
Studio album by
Nichols and May
ReleasedDecember 15, 1958
GenreComedy
Length34:07
LabelMercury Records
ProducerJack Tracy
Nichols and May chronology
Improvisations to Music
(1958) 		An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May
(1960)

Improvisations to Music is the first comedy album by Nichols and May. It was released on December 15, 1958, by Mercury Records.[1]

The sketches were recorded improvised along with the accompaniment of Marty Rubenstein on piano. The album peaked at 39 on the Billboard 200.[2]

Track listing

  1. Cocktail Piano (4:37)
  2. Mysterioso (4:38)
  3. Second Piano Concerto (The Dentist) (4:57)
  4. Everybody's Doing It Now (2:40)
  5. Bach to Bach (5:28)
  6. Tango (2:28)
  7. Sonata for Piano and Celeste (5:37)
  8. Chopin (3:42)

Influence

In Netflix's comedy special Jerry Before Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld shows his personal collection of standup albums which include Nichols and May's Improvisations to Music

References

  1. ^ Anon. (December 15, 1958). "Sold Out". Billboard. p. 17. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "Lindsay Planer review of Improvisations to Music". Allmusic.
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