The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
In preparation for the next wave of the pandemic to hit our shores, continual social distancing is a requirement for me as I hope it will be for you. This Quarantined Jazz Voyager is looking forward to listening to the talents of pianist Eric Reed and an album that encompassed some of Broadway’s finest compositions titled Pure Imagination.
Produced by Tommy LiPuma, all songs are written with lyrics by famous songwriters of said productions except for the opening and closing tracks composed by Reed himself, who chose to perform and record them as instrumentals.
This 1998 album was recorded on July 28~29, 1997 and released by Impulse! Records. It contains reinterpretations of traditional songs from classic Broadway and Hollywood productions such as The King & I, Porgy and Bess, and A Little Night Music, among others. Pure Imagination and peaked at #8 on Billboard’s Top Jazz Album charts.
Track Listing | 49:52- Overture
- Maria (Leonard Bernstein, Richard Rodgers, & Stephen Sondheim)
- Hello, Young Lovers (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
- Pure Imagination (Leslie Bricusse, & Anthony Newley)
- 42nd Street (Harry Warren & Al Dubin)
- in the Clowns (Stephen Sondheim)
- My Man’s Gone Now/Gone, Gone, Gone (DuBose Heyward, George, & Ira Gershwin)
- Nice Work If You Can Get It (George & Ira Gershwin)
- You’ll Never Walk Alone (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
- Eric Reed – Piano
- Brian Bromberg – Bass
- Reginald Veal – Bass
- Gregory Hutchinson – Drums
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