''Planet Dream'' is an album by American jazz trombonist Steve Swell which was recorded in 2008 and released on the Portuguese

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label. He leads a trio with Rob Brown on alto sax and Daniel Levin on cello.''Planet Dream''
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Background

Brown and Swell are long-time members of William Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra. They have also worked in smaller groups on the albums '' We Are Not Obstinate Islands'' by The Diplomats, a collaborative trio with drummer Harris Eisenstadt, and '' Radiant Pools'', under Brown's leadership. Levin and Brown have worked in a trio with drummer Satoshi Takeishi, which recorded '' Sounds''.Original Liner Notes by Ed Hazell

Reception

In a double review for All About Jazz, Wilbur Mackenzie states "Swell has worked with cellist Dan Levin and saxophonist Rob Brown before in various contexts, but a tightly woven trio environment provides for a very exposed look at how three distinct identities can contribute to a meaningful whole while maintaining individual directionality."Mackenzie, Wilbur
''Planet Dream'' review
at All About Jazz

Track listing

:''All compositions by Swell / Brown / Levin except as indicated'' # "Out of the Box" – 5:20 # "Not Necessarily This, Nor That" (Steve Swell) – 8:52 # "Planet Dream" – 4:05 # "Juxtsuppose" (Steve Swell) – 5:07 # "#2 of Nine" – 4:26 # "Airtight" (Steve Swell) – 5:51 # "And Then They Wept" – 4:59 # "City Life" – 4:38 # "Texture #2" (Steve Swell) – 9:13

Personnel

* Steve Swell –

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* Rob Brown – alto sax *Daniel Levin -

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References

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