Pure Imagination (album)
Pure Imagination | ||||
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Studio album by Eric Reed | ||||
Released | 1998 | |||
Recorded | July 28–29, 1997 | |||
Genre | Jazz, Post-bop | |||
Length | 49:52 | |||
Label | Impulse!/GRP | |||
Producer | Tommy LiPuma | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Pure Imagination is a 1998 album by jazz pianist Eric Reed released through Impulse! Records. This album contains reinterpretations (remakes) of traditional pop songs from classic Broadway and Hollywood productions such as Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Porgy and Bess, A Little Night Music among others. Pure Imagination has peaked at #8 on Billboard's Top Jazz Album charts.[2] All songs are written by famous songwriters of said productions except for the opening and closing tracks composed by Reed himself.
Track listing
- "Overture"
- "Maria" (Leonard Bernstein, Richard Rodgers, & Stephen Sondheim)
- "Hello, Young Lovers" (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
- "Pure Imagination" (Leslie Bricusse, & Anthony Newley)
- "42nd Street" (Harry Warren & Al Dubin)
- "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim)
- "My Man's Gone Now/Gone, Gone, Gone" (DuBose Heyward, George, & Ira Gershwin)
- "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George & Ira Gershwin)
- "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
- "I Got Rhythm" (George & Ira Gershwin)
- "Finale (Last Trip)"
Although lyrics were written for the songs from tracks 2 to 10, these are instrumental recordings.
Personnel
- Eric Reed – Piano
- Brian Bromberg – Bass
- Reginald Veal - Bass
- Gregory Hutchinson - Drums
- Tommy LiPuma – Producer
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Billboard, Allmusic.com
External Links and Sources
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