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Pure Imagination (Eric Reed album)

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Pure Imagination
Studio album by
Released1998
RecordedJuly 28–29, 1997
GenreJazz, Post-bop
Length49:52
LabelImpulse!/GRP
ProducerTommy LiPuma
Eric Reed chronology
Musicale
(1996)
Pure Imagination
(1998)
Manhattan Melodies
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Pure Imagination is a 1998 album by jazz pianist Eric Reed released through Impulse! Records. This album contains reinterpretations (remakes) of traditional pop songs from classic Broadway and Hollywood productions such as Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Porgy and Bess, A Little Night Music among others. Pure Imagination has peaked at #8 on Billboard's Top Jazz Album charts.[2] All songs are written by famous songwriters of said productions except for the opening and closing tracks composed by Reed himself.

Track listing

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  1. "Overture"
  2. "Maria" (Leonard Bernstein, Richard Rodgers, & Stephen Sondheim)
  3. "Hello, Young Lovers" (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
  4. "Pure Imagination" (Leslie Bricusse, & Anthony Newley)
  5. "42nd Street" (Harry Warren & Al Dubin)
  6. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim)
  7. "My Man's Gone Now/Gone, Gone, Gone" (DuBose Heyward, George, & Ira Gershwin)
  8. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George & Ira Gershwin)
  9. "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
  10. "I Got Rhythm" (George & Ira Gershwin)
  11. "Finale (Last Trip)"

Although lyrics were written for the songs from tracks 2 to 10, these are instrumental recordings.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Billboard, Allmusic.com
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