| Lost in a Dream | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 19 March 2010 [1] | |||
| Recorded | February 2009 | |||
| Venue | Village Vanguard New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 51:45 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1992 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Lost in a Dream is a live album by jazz drummer Paul Motian, recorded at the Village Vanguard in February 2009 and released on ECM the following year. [2] It features tenor saxophonist Chris Potter and pianist Jason Moran.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| The Guardian |   [3] |
| PopMatters |   [4] |
| AllAboutJazz |  [5] |
| The Jazz Mann | [6] |
| The Financial Times | [7] |
Writing for The Guardian , jazz critic John Fordham noted that Lost in a Dream reveals Motian's trio to "demonstrate sublime improvising musicianship" and "flawless creative listening at once." [3] This symbiosis between musicians was similarly highlighted by reviews in PopMatters , AllAboutJazz and The Jazz Mann, with John Kelman describing Lost in a Dream to be the work of Motian's "empathic new trio." [5] The Jazz Mann considered Lost in a Dream to be a superb example of contemporary improvised music in which "the empathy between the three protagonists is of the highest order", producing an album of "supreme beauty with a controlled power and a keen musical intelligence." [6] In his review for PopMatters , Will Layman suggested that Lost in a Dream "should rank highly" within Motian's extensive repertoire recorded works, reporting that the trio's "combination of balladry and excitement, texture and melody, individual personality and group simpatico makes Lost in a Dream a serious standout." [4]
Laura Marín Bertomeu, in a monograph on the ECM discography observed that reflections on Motian's collective body of work since his death have concluded that the musical intelligence and 'empathy' on display makes Lost in a Dream one of his finest recordings. [8]
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