Reflections of a Golden Dream

Reflections of a Golden Dream
Studio album by Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
Released	1976
Recorded	September 1976
Studio	Mediasound, New York City
Genre	Jazz, Soul jazz
Length	38:51
Label	RCA/Flying Dutchman BDL1-1460
Producer	Bob Thiele, Lonnie Liston Smith
Lonnie Liston Smith chronology
Visions of a New World (1975) Reflections of a Golden Dream (1976) Live! (1977)

Reflections of a Golden Dream is an album by keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith, featuring performances recorded in 1976 and released by the Flying Dutchman label the following year.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

In his review for AllMusic, Steven Thomas Erlewine stated, "he already struck upon a blend of the spiritual and funk with 1975's Expansions. Released a year later, Reflections of a Golden Dream tips the scales a bit closer to funk ... After this Reflections starts to seem as meditative as its title, achieving a kind of elegant spiritual suspension while also feeling as fleet and slick as satin ... and while the rest of the record contains many period accouterments -- sustained strings, electric pianos, deep echoes -- the essence of the record is indeed meditative. Perhaps these are polyester paisley dreams but that doesn't make them any less real or affecting".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Lonnie Liston Smith

1. "Get Down Everybody (It's Time for World Peace)" − 4:23
2. "Quiet Dawn" − 3:31
3. "Sunbeams" − 3:53
4. "Meditations" − 4:22
5. "Peace & Love" − 2:39
6. "Beautiful Woman" − 6:04
7. "Goddess of Love" − 4:23
8. "Inner Beauty" − 2:17
9. "Golden Dreams" − 4:49
10. "Journey into Space" − 2:30

Personnel

• Lonnie Liston Smith − electric piano, classical piano, electronic colorations, vocals
• Donald Smith − flute, vocals (tracks 2, 3 & 5-9)
• Leopoldo Fleming − congas, percussion, vocals, piano
• Joe Shepley, Jon Faddis − trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1 & 5)
• David Hubbard − soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1-3 & 5-9)
• George Opalisky − tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 5)
• Arthur Kaplan − baritone saxophone (tracks 1 & 5)
• Al Anderson − bass (tracks 1-3, 5-7 & 9)
• Wilby Fletcher − drums (tracks 1-3, 5-7 & 9)
• Guilherme Franco − percussion (tracks 1-9)
• Maeretha Stewart, Patti Austin, Vivian Cherry − chorus (tracks 1 & 5)
• Horace Ott − percussion arrangement (track 5)
• Cosmic Beings − other (track 10)

References

1. Flying Dutchman Label Discography accessed November 22, 2019
2. Erlewine, Steven Thomas. Reflections of a Golden Dream – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 22, 2019.