Phantasies (album)


Phantasies is an album by the American jazz pianist Jaki Byard with the Apollo Stompers, recorded in 1984 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2½ stars stating, "This outing by Jaki Byard's big band The Apollo Stompers does not quite live up to its potential... The real reason to acquire this admittedly spirited set is for the occasional piano solos". The Penguin Guide to Jazz concluded that, "although well produced and more than adequately executed, the album runs pastiche a little too close for comfort and lands somewhere between at least three stylistic stools."

Track listing

  1. "I May Be Wrong " - 2:49
  2. "Medley: Black and Tan Fantasy/Prelude No. 29/Prelude to a Kiss/Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" - 8:57
  3. "One Note to My Wife" - 3:15
  4. "5/4 Medley: Take Five/Cinco Quatro Boogie Woogie/Take Five" - 6:12
  5. "Medley: Lonely Woman/So What/Impressions/Olean Visit/Some Other Spring" - 8:01
  6. "It's Too Late" - 3:16
  7. "Tricotism" - 4:27
  8. "Lover Man" - 5:37

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