Street of Dreams (Grant Green album)

Street of Dreams is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label.[2] The street signs featured on the cover photo are at an actual street corner in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco.

This article is about the Grant Green album. For other uses, see Street of Dreams.
Street of Dreams
Studio album by
Grant Green
ReleasedAugust 1967[1]
RecordedNovember 16, 1964
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length33:34
LabelBlue Note
BST 84253
ProducerAlfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
Talkin' About!
(1964)		 Street of Dreams
(1967)		 I Want to Hold Your Hand
(1965)

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".[3]

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".[4]

The "Penguin Guide To Jazz On CD" review by Richard Cook and Brian Morton stated: "Another exceptional record, though this time it is very much the group set-up that makes the difference. Though hooked into that easy overcooked guitar, organ, drums format, the personnel is such that one can reasonably expect a blend of power grooves and subtlety. Young is exceptional, very much on form, and Hutcherson makes an enormous contribution to a slower-paced and more meditative session than he'd normally favour".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[5]

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" (Billy May, Milt Raskin) – 8:01

Personnel

References
  1. Billboard Aug 19, 1967
  2. Grant Green discography accessed September 17, 2010
  3. Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 17, 2010
  4. May, C. Street of Dreams Review All About Jazz, April 18, 2009
  5. Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz (Penguin Books), England, (2004)[1992]: p.663, ISBN 0-141-01416-4
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