Phantasies (album)

Phantasies
Studio album by Jaki Byard and the Apollo Stompers
Released 1984
Recorded September 25 & 26, 1984
Genre Jazz
Length 42:34
Label Soul Note
Producer Giovanni Bonandrini
Jaki Byard chronology

To Them - To Us
(1981)		 Phantasies
(1984)		 Phantasies II
(1988)

Phantasies is an album by the American jazz pianist Jaki Byard with a big band recorded in 1984 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2½ stars stating "This outing by Jaki Byard's big band The Apollo Stompers does not quite live up to its potential... The real reason to acquire this admittedly spirited set is for the occasional (and always notable) piano solos".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

Track listing

  1. "I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)" (Henry Sullivan) - 2:49
  2. "Medley: Black and Tan Fantasy/Prelude No. 29/Prelude to a Kiss/Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley/Ellington, Irving Mills/Ellington) - 8:57
  3. "One Note to My Wife" (Jaki Byard) - 3:15
  4. "5/4 Medley: Take Five/Cinco Quatro Boogie Woogie/Take Five" (Paul Desmond/Byard/Desmond) - 6:12
  5. "Medley: Lonely Woman/So What/Impressions/Olean Visit/Some Other Spring" (Ornette Coleman/Miles Davis/John Coltrane/Byard/Irene Kitchings, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 8:01
  6. "It's Too Late" (Carole King) - 3:16
  7. "Tricotism" (Oscar Pettiford) - 4:27
  8. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) - 5:37
  • Recorded at Vanguard Studios in New York City on September 25 & 26, 1984

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Soul Note discography accessed July 13, 2011
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 13, 2011