Grazing Dreams

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Grazing Dreams
Grazing Dreams.jpg
Studio album by
Collin Walcott
Released1977
RecordedFebruary 1977
StudioTalent Studio, Oslo
GenreJazz
Length46:19
LabelECM
ECM 1096
ProducerManfred Eicher
Collin Walcott chronology
Cloud Dance
(1974) 		Grazing Dreams
(1977) 		Dawn Dance
(1977)

Grazing Dreams is the second album by American sitarist and composer Collin Walcott. It was recorded in 1977 and released on the ECM label later that year.[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide2/5 stars[3]

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4½ stars.[2] Writing for All About Jazz, John Kelman called the album "a truly deep recording that makes Walcott's death in a car accident while on tour with Oregon... all the more tragic", and noted that Walcott was "truly one of the earliest musicians to explore the integration of music from other cultures into an improvised jazz setting."[4]

In an article at ECM Reviews, Tyran Grillo wrote: "Grazing Dreams is structured as long-form whole in which individual tracks blend into the overarching power that binds them," and commented: "The engineering of this album is ahead of its time. Considering the way each track evolves, an attuned sensibility was clearly required to bring out the music's full breadth. Case in point: the way the buzzing solitude that opens 'Gold Sun' gradually develops into a honeyed elaboration of sitar and bass is nothing short of astonishing. Each tune is spun from the same cloth, dyed in real time with the languid syncopation of improvisers who feel what they hear. Gentility through strength is the backbone of Grazing Dreams, a poignant and timeless statement spun from the ether of dreams."[5]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Collin Walcott except as indicated
  1. "Song Of The Morrow" - 9:15
  2. "Gold Sun" (Don Cherry, Collin Walcott) - 7:03
  3. "The Swarm" - 6:09
  4. "Mountain Morning" - 1:58
  5. "Jewel Ornament" (Don Cherry, John Abercrombie, Collin Walcott) - 5:04
  6. "Grazing Dreams" - 6:53
  7. "Samba Tala" (Dom Um Romão, Collin Walcott) - 1:30
  8. "Moon Lake" - 8:27

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ ECM discography accessed April 6, 2021
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Nastos, M. G.Allmusic Review accessed September 8, 2011
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 200. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Kelman, John (December 23, 2014). "Collin Walcott: Grazing Dreams". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  5. ^ Grillo, Tyran (February 14, 2010). "Collin Walcott: Grazing Dreams". ECM Reviews. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
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