Dreams and Explorations

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Dreams and Explorations
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Studio album by
Released1964
Recorded1964
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length41:37
Label Riverside
RLP 485
Don Friedman chronology
Flashback
(1963)
Dreams and Explorations
(1964)
Metamorphosis
(1966)

Dreams and Explorations is the fourth album by pianist Don Friedman which was recorded in 1964 and released on the Riverside label. [1]

Contents

Reception

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AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "Overall, this is a fine effort that features the two sides of early Don Friedman." [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Friedman, except as indicated

  1. "Episodes" – 5:36
  2. "Exploration" (Attila Zoller) – 6:21
  3. "Park Row" – 5:30
  4. "Blizzard" (Zoller) – 5:22
  5. "Israel" (John Carisi) – 6:46
  6. "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:37
  7. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) – 6:25

Personnel

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References

  1. Riverside Records discography accessed October 23, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. AllMusic Review, accessed October 23, 2012
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 509. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.