Doldinger in New York: Street of Dreams

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Doldinger in New York: Street of Dreams
Studio album by Klaus Doldinger

Publication
(s)

1994

Label (s) WEA Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

jazz

Title (number)

12

running time

64:22

occupation

production

Klaus Doldinger

Studio (s)

Skyline Studio, New York City

Doldinger in New York: Streets of Dreams is a jazz album by Klaus Doldinger that was recorded and released in 1994.

background

Klaus Doldinger, one of the leading European fusion musicians since 1970 , plays jazz again on this album. Doldinger, who can be heard on the tenor and soprano saxophone, is supported by pianist Tommy Flanagan , bassist Charnett Moffett and drummer Victor Lewis . Vibraphonist Roy Ayers and percussionist Don Alias ​​also play on some of the pieces.

The pieces on the album are a mixture of Doldinger's own compositions like “Cocomotion” and “Yellow Cab” as well as jazz standards like “I Got It Bad”, “Skylark”, “ Well, You Needn't ” and “ Speak Low ”.

reception

In 1995 the album received the quarterly award of the record review and was nominated for the German record award.

Nancy Ann Lee wrote at Jazztimes : "With the satisfying mainstream mix of melodies and tempos, varying settings and all-round passionate musicality, Doldinger in New York: Street of Dreams is a brilliant album, an edifying session that invites you to listen to it again and again."

In his review for Allmusic, Scott Yanow rated the album, which is now supposedly difficult to obtain, as "excellent."

Track list

  1. Yellow Cab (Doldinger) - 6:48
  2. Cross Talk (Doldinger) - 3:50
  3. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) ( Ellington , Paul Francis Webster ) - 6:27
  4. Street of Dreams ( Lewis , Victor Young ) - 4:53
  5. Nighttime in the City (Doldinger) - 4:43
  6. Skylark ( Carmichael , Mercer ) - 6:17
  7. Alone Together ( Dietz , Schwartz ) - 5:49
  8. Well, You Needn't ( Monk ) - 5:20
  9. Missing You (Doldinger) - 6:03
  10. Speak Low ( Nash , Weill ) - 5:20
  11. All Blues ( Davis ) - 3:35
  12. Cocomotion (Doldinger) - 5:17

Individual evidence

  1. Klaus Doldinger (cosmopolis)
  2. For the satisfying mainstream mixture of tunes and tempi, varied settings, and all-around keen musicianship, Doldinger in New York: Street of Dreams is a radiant album, an uplifting session, that invites repeated listenings.
  3. Review of the album in Jazztimes, April 1996, page 75

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