Reflections of a Golden Dream is an album by keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith, featuring performances recorded in 1976 and released by the Flying Dutchman label the following year.[1]
| Reflections of a Golden Dream | ||||
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| Studio album by Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes | ||||
| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | September 1976 | |||
| Studio | Mediasound, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Soul jazz | |||
| Length | 38:51 | |||
| Label | RCA/Flying Dutchman BDL1-1460 | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele, Lonnie Liston Smith | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
In his review for AllMusic, Steven Thomas Erlewine stated, "he already struck upon a blend of the spiritual and funk with 1975's Expansions. Released a year later, Reflections of a Golden Dream tips the scales a bit closer to funk ... After this Reflections starts to seem as meditative as its title, achieving a kind of elegant spiritual suspension while also feeling as fleet and slick as satin ... and while the rest of the record contains many period accouterments -- sustained strings, electric pianos, deep echoes -- the essence of the record is indeed meditative. Perhaps these are polyester paisley dreams but that doesn't make them any less real or affecting".[2]
Track listing
editAll compositions by Lonnie Liston Smith
- "Get Down Everybody (It's Time for World Peace)" − 4:23
- "Quiet Dawn" − 3:31
- "Sunbeams" − 3:53
- "Meditations" − 4:22
- "Peace & Love" − 2:39
- "Beautiful Woman" − 6:04
- "Goddess of Love" − 4:23
- "Inner Beauty" − 2:17
- "Golden Dreams" − 4:49
- "Journey into Space" − 2:30
Personnel
edit- Lonnie Liston Smith − electric piano, classical piano, electronic colorations, vocals
- Donald Smith − flute, vocals (tracks 2, 3 & 5-9)
- Leopoldo Fleming − congas, percussion, vocals, piano
- Joe Shepley, Jon Faddis − trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1 & 5)
- David Hubbard − soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1-3 & 5-9)
- George Opalisky − tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 5)
- Arthur Kaplan − baritone saxophone (tracks 1 & 5)
- Al Anderson − bass (tracks 1-3, 5-7 & 9)
- Wilby Fletcher − drums (tracks 1-3, 5-7 & 9)
- Guilherme Franco − percussion (tracks 1-9)
- Maeretha Stewart, Patti Austin, Vivian Cherry − chorus (tracks 1 & 5)
- Horace Ott − percussion arrangement (track 5)
- Cosmic Beings − other (track 10)
References
edit- ^ Flying Dutchman Label Discography accessed November 22, 2019
- ^ a b Erlewine, Steven Thomas. Reflections of a Golden Dream – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 22, 2019.