''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.
Flying Dutchman Label Discography
accessed November 22, 2019
Reception
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".
Track listing
All 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
* 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
Jon Faddis (born July 24, 1953) is an American jazz trumpet player, conductor, composer, and educator, renowned for both his playing and for his expertise in the field of music education. Upon his first appearance on the scene, he became known ...
− 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
Guilherme Franco (born November 25, 1946 and died November 12, 2016 in São Paulo, Brazil) was a percussionist in the jazz and world fusion music genres.
Franco performed on the albums of many notable jazz musicians such as McCoy Tyner, Lonnie Li ...
− percussion (tracks 1-9)
*Maeretha Stewart, Patti Austin
Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter.
Music career
Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. She was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy ...
, Vivian Cherry − chorus (tracks 1 & 5)
* Horace Ott − percussion arrangement (track 5)
*Cosmic Beings − other (track 10)
References
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1976 albums
Albums produced by Bob Thiele
Flying Dutchman Records albums
RCA Records albums
Lonnie Liston Smith albums