Old and New Dreams (1977 album)

Old and New Dreams
Studio album by
Old and New Dreams
Released1977
RecordedOctober 1976
GenreJazz
Length43:31
LabelBlack Saint
ProducerGiovanni Bonandrini
Old and New Dreams chronology
Old and New Dreams
(1977) 		Old and New Dreams
(1979)

Old and New Dreams is the debut album by the jazz quartet Old and New Dreams. The record features trumpeter Don Cherry, saxophonist Dewey Redman, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Ed Blackwell and was recorded in 1976 for the Italian Black Saint label.[1] It is not to be confused with their 1979 album of the same name for ECM.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Michael G. Nastos, writing for allmusic, awarded the album 4½ stars, calling the quartet simply "A great group".[2] In the All Music Guide to Jazz, Nastos described the album as "fully realized. Quintessential. Modern jazz supreme…."[4]

Writing for SF Jazz, Rusty Aceves declared: "With its tight ensemble playing and approach that balanced free blowing with a pervading Asia-influenced exoticism, the album was a triumphant success."[5] Regarding the album's opener, Ethan Iverson commented: "When the blowing starts, it's burning up-tempo swing. Blackwell's references include Max Roach and New Orleans parade drumming; Haden is informed by hillbilly music, J.S. Bach, and Wilbur Ware. Cherry plays heraldic lines that are clearly in a key alongside expanses of fast flurries that defy harmonic description. Redman plays more in tempo, either Sonny Rollins-style motivic development or pure abstraction. Both soloists like to quote the melody. In this open context, the horn players are free to play collectively and the bass and drums can abruptly change mood." He concluded: "1977 may not be considered a year stocked with jazz masterpieces, but this LP certainly qualifies."[6]

Track listing

  1. "Handwoven" (Ornette Coleman) - 6:53
  2. "Dewey's Tune" (Dewey Redman) - 5:52
  3. "Chairman Mao" (Charlie Haden) - 7:33
  4. "Next to the Quiet Stream" (Don Cherry) - 6:42
  5. "Augmented" (Cherry) - 10:05
  6. "Old and New Dreams" (Redman) - 6:26

Recorded at Generation Sound Studios in New York City in October 1976.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Black Saint Records discography accessed May 3, 2011
  2. ^ a b Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed May 2, 2011
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 154. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Nastos, Michael G. (1994), Ron Wynn (ed.), All Music Guide to Jazz, M. Erlewine, V. Bogdanov, San Francisco: Miller Freeman, p. 504, ISBN 0-87930-308-5
  5. ^ Aceves, Rusty (August 29, 2018). "Remembering Old and New Dreams". SF Jazz. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  6. ^ Iverson, Ethan (September 1, 2020). "Chronology: Old And New Dreams Stands Apart". JazzTimes. Retrieved November 11, 2020.