Plastic Dreams (album)

Plastic Dreams is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet, augmented by a brass section on three tracks, recorded in 1971 and released on the Atlantic label.[3]

This article is about the album by the Modern Jazz Quartet. For the song by the Jaydee, see Plastic Dreams.
Plastic Dreams
Studio album by
Modern Jazz Quartet
Released1971
RecordedMay 24, 1971
New York City
GenreJazz
Length36:23
LabelAtlantic 1589
ProducerArif Mardin
Modern Jazz Quartet chronology
Space
(1969)		 Plastic Dreams
(1971)		 The Legendary Profile
(1972)
Milt Jackson chronology
Space
(1969)		 Plastic Dreams
(1971)		 Reunion Blues
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [2]

Reception

At the time of its original release the Gramophone reviewer stated "Plastic Dreams is an auspicious release for it lacks much of the pretentiousness which I have learned to dread ever since I first saw the Quartet in Paris in 1956".[4]

The Allmusic review stated "Plastic Dreams has never been a critic's favorite, and was an album that mystified many of the group's longtime followers... Plastic Dreams was as close as the MJQ ever got to making a pop album... Indeed, as a whole Plastic Dreams does seem like a final refinement of several idealistic threads found throughout the MJQ's studio work stretching back to about 1960, with generous room made for new directions".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated

  1. "Walkin' Stomp" - 4:45
  2. "Dancing" (Milt Jackson) - 5:14
  3. "Plastic Dreams" - 5:22
  4. "Variations on a Christmas Theme" (Traditional, arranged Lewis) - 4:25
  5. "Trav'lin'" - 4:41
  6. "Piazza Navona" - 6:36
  7. "England's Carol" (Traditional, arranged Lewis) - 5:20

Personnel

References
  1. Lewis, D. Allmusic Review accessed May 31, 2012
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1015
  3. Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed May 31, 2012
  4. Gramophone Review, May 1972, p. 133
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