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Released
  
1980

Length
  
54:52

Release date
  
1980

Label
  
ECM Records

Recorded
  
June 1980

Artist
  
Old and New Dreams

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genre
  
Jazz

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Playing (1980)
  
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Playing is a live album by jazz quartet Old and New Dreams. It features trumpeter Don Cherry, saxophonist Dewey Redman, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Ed Blackwell and was recorded in 1980 for the ECM label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with reviewer Scott Yanow calling it "Recommended, as are Old and New Dreams' other three releases".

Track listing

  1. "Happy House" (Ornette Coleman) - 11:07
  2. "Mopti" (Don Cherry) - 7:56
  3. "New Dream" (Coleman) - 9:04
  4. "Rushour" (Dewey Redman) - 7:01
  5. "Broken Shadows" (Coleman) - 9:58
  6. "Playing" (Charlie Haden) - 9:46
  • Recorded at the Cornmarket Theater in Bregenz, Austria in June 1980
  • Personnel

  • Don Cherry - pocket trumpet, piano
  • Dewey Redman - tenor saxophone, musette
  • Charlie Haden - bass
  • Ed Blackwell - drums
  • Songs

    1Happy House11:07
    2Mopti7:56
    3New Dream9:04

    References

    Playing (album) Wikipedia