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{{Infobox album
| name       = Old and New Dreams
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Old and New Dreams]]
| cover      = Old and New Dreams (Black Saint album).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1977
| recorded   = October 1976
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Jazz]]
| length     = 43:31
| label      = [[Black Saint/Soul Note|Black Saint]]
| producer   = Giovanni Bonandrini
| chronology = [[Old and New Dreams]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Old and New Dreams (1979 album)|Old and New Dreams]]
| next_year  = 1979
}}
'''''Old and New Dreams''''' is the debut album by the [[jazz]] quartet [[Old and New Dreams]]. The record features trumpeter [[Don Cherry (trumpeter)|Don Cherry]], saxophonist [[Dewey Redman]], bassist [[Charlie Haden]] and drummer [[Ed Blackwell]] and was recorded in 1976 for the Italian [[Black Saint/Soul Note|Black Saint]] label.<ref name="Black Saint Records discography">[http://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/2010/01/blacksaint-discography-this-is-label.html Black Saint Records discography] accessed May 3, 2011</ref> It is not to be confused with [[Old and New Dreams (1979 album)|their 1979 album of the same name]] for [[ECM Records|ECM]].
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]''
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
| rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 154
}}</ref>
}}
Michael G. Nastos, writing for [[allmusic]], awarded the album 4½ stars, calling the quartet simply "A great group".<ref name="Allmusic">Nastos, M. G. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/old-and-new-dreams-black-saint-r159617 Allmusic Review] accessed May 2, 2011</ref> In the ''[[All Music Guide to Jazz]]'', Nastos described the album as "fully realized. Quintessential. Modern jazz supreme…."<ref name="wynn">{{Citation | last=Nastos | first=Michael G. | author-link=Ron Wynn | editor=Ron Wynn | editor-link=Ron Wynn | others=M. Erlewine, V. Bogdanov | year=1994 | title=[[All Music Guide to Jazz]] | place=San Francisco | publisher=Miller Freeman | page=[https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidetoj00wynn/page/504 504] | isbn=0-87930-308-5 }}</ref>
Writing for [[SFJAZZ Center|SF Jazz]], Rusty Aceves declared: "With its tight ensemble playing and approach that balanced free blowing with a pervading Asia-influenced exoticism, the album was a triumphant success."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfjazz.org/onthecorner/remembering-old-new-dreams |title=Remembering Old and New Dreams |last=Aceves |first=Rusty |date=August 29, 2018 | website=SF Jazz |access-date=November 11, 2020}}</ref> Regarding the album's opener, [[Ethan Iverson]] commented: "When the blowing starts, it's burning up-tempo swing. Blackwell's references include Max Roach and New Orleans parade drumming; Haden is informed by hillbilly music, J.S. Bach, and Wilbur Ware. Cherry plays heraldic lines that are clearly in a key alongside expanses of fast flurries that defy harmonic description. Redman plays more in tempo, either Sonny Rollins-style motivic development or pure abstraction. Both soloists like to quote the melody. In this open context, the horn players are free to play collectively and the bass and drums can abruptly change mood." He concluded: "1977 may not be considered a year stocked with jazz masterpieces, but this LP certainly qualifies."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jazztimes.com/features/columns/old-and-new-dreams |title=Chronology: Old And New Dreams Stands Apart |last=Iverson |first=Ethan |date=September 1, 2020 | website=JazzTimes |access-date=November 11, 2020}}</ref>
==Track listing==
# "Handwoven" ([[Ornette Coleman]]) - 6:53
# "Dewey's Tune" (Dewey Redman) - 5:52
# "Chairman Mao" (Charlie Haden) - 7:33
# "Next to the Quiet Stream" (Don Cherry) - 6:42
# "Augmented" (Cherry) - 10:05
# "Old and New Dreams" (Redman) - 6:26
Recorded at Generation Sound Studios in New York City in October 1976.
==Personnel==
*[[Don Cherry (trumpeter)|Don Cherry]] - [[pocket trumpet]]
*[[Dewey Redman]] - [[tenor saxophone]], [[Oboe musette|musette]]
*[[Charlie Haden]] - [[double bass|bass]]
*[[Ed Blackwell]] - [[drum kit|drums]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Dewey Redman}}
{{Don Cherry}}
{{Charlie Haden}}
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[[Category:Black Saint/Soul Note albums]]
[[Category:Old and New Dreams albums]]
[[Category:1976 albums]]