Dream Dancing (Jimmy Knepper album)

This article is about the 1986 Jimmy Knepper album. For other uses, see Dream Dancing.

Dream Dancing
Studio album by Jimmy Knepper Quintet
Released	1986
Recorded	April 3, 1986
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	59:38
Label	Criss Cross Jazz 1024
Producer	Gerry Teekens
Jimmy Knepper chronology
I Dream Too Much (1984) Dream Dancing (1986) T-Bop (1991)

Dream Dancing is an album led by trombonist Jimmy Knepper which was recorded in 1986 and released on the Criss Cross Jazz label. ^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The music is essentially straight-ahead hard bop, but Knepper's continually surprising solos uplift the music". ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Knepper except where noted.

1. "Dream Dancing" (Cole Porter) – 7:04
2. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 6:25
3. "All Through the Night" (Porter) – 5:22
4. "In the Interim" – 6:43
5. "Of Things Past" – 6:34
6. "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 7:16
7. "In the Interim" [take 3] – 5:58 Bonus track on CD
8. "Dream Dancing" [take 1] (Porter) – 7:14 Bonus track on CD
9. "Night Vision" – 6:57 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Ralph Moore – tenor saxophone
• Dick Katz – piano
• George Mraz – bass
• Mel Lewis – drums

References

1. Fitzgerald, M. Jimmy Knepper Leader Entry accessed April 7, 2017
2. CrisS Cross Jazz: album details accessed April 7, 2017
3. Yanow, Scott. Dream Dancing – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 7, 2017.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 831. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.