Dreamer (album)

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Dreamer
Studio album by Caldera
Released	January 1, 1979
Recorded	December 1978 – January 1979
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	43:13
Label	Capitol
Producer	Eduardo del Barrio , Jorge Strunz, Steve Tavaglione and John Palladino
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Caldera chronology
Time and Chance (1978) Dreamer (1979)

Contents 1 About 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 References

[edit] About

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Caldera's fans -- something it didn't have nearly enough of -- hoped that Dreamer would be the LP to make the band famous in the jazz-fusion world. But Caldera continued to be obscure, despite providing an adventurous, captivating mixture of jazz, funk, rock, and Latin music. True to form, the writing is excellent on this album: One cannot accuse Caldera's members of weak writing on the South American-influenced "Rain Forest," the samba-minded "Celebration," the flamenco-influenced "Brujerías," or the Carlos Santana-ish opener, "To Capture the Moon." For Caldera, the term "Latin music" meant a variety of things -- everything from Spanish flamenco and Afro-Cuban salsa to Brazilian samba and Andean music -- and on this LP, all of those things successfully interact with jazz, funk, and rock. Like Caldera's three previous Capitol albums, Dreamer went out of print after the band's breakup and has yet to be reissued on CD. ^[1]

[edit] Track listing

1. "To Capture the Moon" (Eduardo del Barrio) – 5:00
2. "Rain Forest" (Jorge Strunz) – 8:06
3. "Dream Child" (Eduardo del Barrio) – 5:12
4. "Celebration" (George del Barrio) – 4:35
5. "Reflections on Don Quioxote" (Eduardo del Barrio) – 7:11
6. "Brujerias" (Eduardo del Barrio, Jorge Strunz) – 6:02
7. "Himalaya" (Jorge Strunz) – 7:04

[edit] Personnel

• Jorge Strunz — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, chant
• Eduardo del Barrio — acoustic piano, electric piano, Oberheim Polyphonic, Mini Moog, Prophet 5 synthesizers, percussion, chant(on 7), palmas(on 6)
• Steve Tavaglione — alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, bamboo flute
• Mike Azeredo — congas, percussion
• Greg Lee — electric bass
• Luis Conte — congas, timbales, batá, chant
• Alex Acuña — drums, batá

Guests:

• George del Barrio — Fender Rhodes (track 4 only)
• Dean Cortez — bass (track 7 only)
• Gino D'Anri — flamenco guitar (tracks 6 only)
• Antonio Sanchez — palmas (track 6 only)
• Ernesto Herrera — palmas (track 6 only)
• Kathlyn Powell — celtic harp (track 7 only)

[edit] References

• http://sudo.3.pro.tok2.com/Quest/cards/C/Caldera/Dreamer_x.html