Yesterday's Dreams (Alphonso Johnson album)

Yesterday's Dreams is an album by American jazz bass guitarist Alphonso Johnson that was released in 1976 by Epic Records. The album reached No. 28 on the Billboard magazine Jazz Albums chart.

Overview

Yesterday's Dreams was executively produced by Jerry Schoenbaum. Artists such as Grover Washington Jr., Sheila E., Philip Bailey, Flora Purim, Dianne Reeves, Lee Ritenour and Patrice Rushen also appeared upon the album. The album marked Sheila E.'s debut as a recording artist.

Critical reception

Allmusic gave the album a three out of five stars rating.

Track listing

Personnel

• Alphonso Johnson – guitar, bass guitar, Chapman Stick, vocals
• Chuck Findley – trumpet
• Gary Grant – trumpet, flugelhorn
• George Bohanon – trombone
• Garnett Brown – trombone
• Grover Washington Jr. – tenor saxophone
• Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
• Ernie Fields – baritone saxophone, flute
• Mark Jordan – organ
• David Foster – organ
• Patrice Rushen – electric piano, clavinet, harpsichord
• Ian Underwood – synthesizer
• Ray Gomez – guitar
• Lee Ritenour – guitar
• Mike Clark – drums
• Chester Thompson – drums
• Sheila Escovedo – percussion
• Ruth Underwood – percussion
• Philip Bailey – vocals
• Jon Lucien – vocals
• Dianne Reeves – vocals

• Bruce Heigh - assistant producer
• Jerry Schoenbaum - executive producer
• Don Murray - engineer
• Tommy Vicari - remixing engineer
• Ken Anderson, Ron Coro - design
• Bill Imhoff - cover illustration

References