Colors of a Dream

2013 studio album by Tom Harrell

Colors of a Dream

Studio album by

Tom Harrell

Released

October 22, 2013

Recorded

April 2–3, 2013

Genre

Post bop

Length

1:04:51

Label

High Note

Producer

Tom Harrell, Angela Harrell

Tom Harrell chronology

Number Five
(2012)

Colors of a Dream
(2013)

Trip
(2014)

Colors of a Dream is the sixth HighNote Records album by trumpeter-composer Tom Harrell, featuring two basses played by Ugonna Okegwo and Esperanza Spalding, with the latter doubling on vocal, Jaleel Shaw on alto saxophone, Wayne Escoffery on tenor saxophone, and Johnathan Blake on drums. The album was released on October 22, 2013, and the sextet is expected to tour in the summer of 2014.^[1]

According to JazzTimes, this album deviates from Harrell's previous works. The use of piano is absent, and the three horns often play in block-chord formation. There are hints of Latin jazz, R&B and indie-rock. According to the review, "Colors of a Dream may deviate, but it never disappoints."^[2] Down Beat magazine si"milarly noted the lack of piano, stating that the addition of Shaw on sax and Spalding on bass results in an "opaque and varied" soundscape.^[1] In March 2013, the group performed this work at the Village Vanguard which was broadcast live by NPR Music.^[3]

Track listing

All songs by Tom Harrell.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tango"	6:26
2.	"Velejar"	7:01
3.	"Phantasy in Latin"	6:19
4.	"State"	5:06
5.	"Seventy"	3:18
6.	"Blues 2013"	9:01
7.	"Nite Life"	5:16
8.	"Even If"	4:58
9.	"Walkway"	6:43
10.	"Family"	4:18
11.	"Goin' Out"	6:25

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.^[4]

Tom Harrell – composer, producer, primary artist, trumpet, flugelhorn
Esperanza Spalding – bass, vocals
Wayne Escoffery – sax (tenor)
Jaleel Shaw – sax (alto)
Ugonna Okegwo – bass
Johnathan Blake – drums
Fleurine Elizabeth Verloop – composer, lyricist
Lilian Vieira – composer, lyricist
John Davis – engineer
Dave Darlington – mastering, mixing
Joe Fields – executive producer
Angela Harrell – producer, photography
Keiji Obata – design
Tom Schnabel – liner notes

References

^ ^a ^b Phillip Lutz (January 2014). "Tom Harrell 'Magic Can Happen Anytime'" (PDF). DownBeat Magazine. pp. 34–38. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
^ "Tom Harrell – Colors of a Dream". JazzTimes.com. January 12, 2014. Archived from the original on July 18, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^ "Tome Harrell's 'Color of a Dream'". NPR.org. March 27, 2013. Archived from the original on July 31, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^ "Allmusic: Tom Harrell - Colors of a Dream - credits". Allmusic.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2014.