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Yesterday's Dreams (Alphonso Johnson album) 
Summary
Yesterday's Dreams is an album by American jazz bass guitarist Alphonso Johnson that was released in 1976 by Epic Records.[1] The album reached No. 28 on the Billboard magazine Jazz Albums chart.[2]
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Studio | Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles; Sound Labs, Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Jazz-funk, jazz, jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 35:21 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Skip Drinkwater | |||
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Overview edit
Yesterday's Dreams was executively produced by Jerry Schoenbaum. Artists such as Grover Washington Jr., Sheila E., Philip Bailey, Flora Purim, Dianne Reeves, Lee Ritenour and Patrice Rushen also appeared upon the album.[1] The album marked Sheila E.'s debut as a recording artist.[3]
Critical reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
Allmusic gave the album a three out of five stars rating.[4]
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Love's the Way I Feel 'Bout Cha" | Alphonso Johnson, Pat Walker, Phillip Bailey | 4:45 |
| 2. | "As Little as You" | Alphonso Johnson | 3:24 |
| 3. | "Scapegoat" | Alphonso Johnson | 5:09 |
| 4. | "Show Us the Way" | Alphonso Johnson | 4:56 |
| 5. | "Balls to the Wall" | Peter Baltes, Udo Dirkschneider, Wolf Hoffmann, Alphonso Johnson, Stefan Kaufmann | 5:01 |
| 6. | "Tales of Barcelona" | Alphonso Johnson | 2:17 |
| 7. | "Flight to Hampstead Heath" | Alphonso Johnson | 5:57 |
| 8. | "One to One" | Sheila Escovedo, Ray Gomez, McKinley Jackson, Alphonso Johnson, Patrice Rushen, Chester Thompson | 3:52 |
Personnel edit
- Alphonso Johnson – guitar, bass guitar, Chapman Stick, vocals
- Chuck Findley – trumpet
- Gary Grant – trumpet, flugelhorn
- George Bohanon – trombone
- Garnett Brown – trombone
- Grover Washington Jr. – tenor saxophone
- Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
- Ernie Fields – baritone saxophone, flute
- Mark Jordan – organ
- David Foster – organ
- Patrice Rushen – electric piano, clavinet, harpsichord
- Ian Underwood – synthesizer
- Ray Gomez – guitar
- Lee Ritenour – guitar
- Mike Clark – drums
- Chester Thompson – drums
- Sheila Escovedo – percussion
- Ruth Underwood – percussion
- Philip Bailey – vocals
- Jon Lucien – vocals
- Dianne Reeves – vocals
- Technical
- Bruce Heigh - assistant producer
- Jerry Schoenbaum - executive producer
- Don Murray - engineer
- Tommy Vicari - remixing engineer
- Ken Anderson, Ron Coro - design
- Bill Imhoff - cover illustration
References edit
- ^ a b Alphonso Johnson: Yesterday's Dreams. Epic Records. 1976.
- ^ Billboard's Best Selling Jazz Albums. Vol. 88. Billboard. December 25, 1976. p. 45.
- ^ Smith, Angela (2014). Women Drummers: A History from Rock and Jazz to Blues and Country. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 122 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Alphonso Johnson: Yesterday's Dreams". allmusic.com. Allmusic.