Moondreams (Walter Wanderley album)

Moondreams is an album by Brazilian keyboardist Walter Wanderley featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the CTI label.[1]

Moondreams
Studio album by Walter Wanderley
Released	1969
Recorded	March 11, 12 & 13, 1969
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	31:31
Label	A&M/CTI SP 3022
Producer	Creed Taylor
Walter Wanderley chronology
When It Was Done (1968) Moondreams (1969) Brazil's Greatest Hits (1972)

Track listing

1. "Asa Branca" (Luiz Gonzaga) - 4:32
2. "L' Amore Dice Ciao" (Armando Trovajoli Giancarlo Guardagassi, Roger Greenaway) - 2:41
3. "Penha" (Vicente Paiva) - 2:45
4. "One of the Nicer Things" (Jimmy Webb) - 3:10
5. "Proton, Electron, Neutron" (Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle) - 2:47
6. "5:30 Plane" (Webb) - 3:42
7. "Soulful Strut" (Eugene Record, Sonny Sanders) - 3:06
8. "Moondreams" (Egberto Gismonti) - 2:31
9. "Jackie, All" (Eumir Deodato) - 3:33
10. "Mirror of Love" (Deodato) - 2:44

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 11, 12 & 13, 1968

Personnel

• Walter Wanderley - organ, electronic harpsichord
• Bernie Glow - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Marvin Stamm - flugelhorn
• Danny Bank, Hubert Laws, Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson, Joe Soldo - flute
• Jose Marino, Richard Davis, George Duvivier - bass
• João Palma - drums
• Lulu Ferreira, Airto Moreira - percussion
• Flora Purim, Linda November, Stella Stevens, Susan Manchester - vocals
• Harold Coletta, Richard Dickler, Theodore Israel, Archie Levin, David Mankovitz, Warren Tekula, Emanuel Vardi, Harry Zaratzian - viola
• Eumir Deodato - arranger

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Richard S. Ginell of AllMusic stated "The Wanderley sound is more carefully terraced than ever on this strikingly packaged album".[2]

References

1. CTI Records discography accessed February 13, 2012
2. Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed February 13, 2012