Street of Dreams (Grant Green album)

Street of Dreams
Studio album by Grant Green
Released	1966
Recorded	November 16, 1964 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:34
Label	Blue Note BST 84253
Producer	Alfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
Talkin' About! (1964) Street of Dreams (1964) I Want to Hold Your Hand (1965)

Street of Dreams is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label.^[1] The street signs featured on the cover photo are at an actual street corner in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 3 stars calling it "a mellow, dreamy album that lives up to its title... It's another fine record in a discography filled with them, and yet another underrated Green session".^[2]

The All About Jazz review by Chris May said that "Compared to Idle Moments, which was distinguished by pianist Duke Pearson's thoughtful arrangements, Street of Dreams feels more like a blowing session—simple heads serve as jumping off points for solos, served out pretty evenhandedly, from Green, Hutcherson and Young. The choice of material, however, delivers an abundance of structural and harmonic interest... Bittersweet and beautiful, Street of Dreams will be enjoyed by anyone who loves Idle Moments".^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

1. "I Wish You Love" (Chauliac, Trenet) – 8:46
2. "Lazy Afternoon" (Latouche, Moross) – 7:44
3. "Street of Dreams" (Young, Lewis) – 9:03
4. "Somewhere in the Night" (Gordon, Myrow) – 8:01 Although the album attributes this track to Gordon and Myrow, they wrote a different song entitled Somewhere in the Night. The song on this album is a Billy May/Milt Raskin composition that served as the theme song for the TV show Naked City.

Personnel

• Grant Green - guitar
• Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
• Larry Young - organ
• Elvin Jones - drums

References