Yesterday's Dreams (Alphonso Johnson album)

Yesterday's Dreams is an album by American jazz bass guitarist Alphonso Johnson that was released in 1976 by Epic Records. The album reached No. 28 on the Billboard magazine Jazz Albums chart.

Overview

Yesterday's Dreams was executively produced by Jerry Schoenbaum. Artists such as Grover Washington Jr., Sheila E., Philip Bailey, Flora Purim, Dianne Reeves, Lee Ritenour and Patrice Rushen also appeared upon the album. The album marked Sheila E.'s debut as a recording artist.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Allmusic gave the album a three out of five stars rating.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love's the Way I Feel 'Bout Cha"	Alphonso Johnson, Pat Walker, Phillip Bailey	4:45
2.	"As Little as You"	Alphonso Johnson	3:24
3.	"Scapegoat"	Alphonso Johnson	5:09
4.	"Show Us the Way"	Alphonso Johnson	4:56
5.	"Balls to the Wall"	Alphonso Johnson	5:01
6.	"Tales of Barcelona"	Alphonso Johnson	2:17
7.	"Flight to Hampstead Heath"	Alphonso Johnson	5:57
8.	"One to One"	Sheila Escovedo, Ray Gomez, McKinley Jackson, Alphonso Johnson, Patrice Rushen, Chester Thompson	3:52

Personnel

Alphonso Johnson – guitar, bass guitar, Chapman Stick, vocals
Chuck Findley – trumpet
Gary Grant – trumpet, flugelhorn
George Bohanon – trombone
Garnett Brown – trombone
Grover Washington Jr. – tenor saxophone
Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
Ernie Fields – baritone saxophone, flute
Mark Jordan – organ
David Foster – organ
Patrice Rushen – electric piano, clavinet, harpsichord
Ian Underwood – synthesizer
Ray Gomez – guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Mike Clark – drums
Chester Thompson – drums
Sheila Escovedo – percussion
Ruth Underwood – percussion
Philip Bailey – vocals
Jon Lucien – vocals
Dianne Reeves – vocals

Technical

Bruce Heigh - assistant producer
Jerry Schoenbaum - executive producer
Don Murray - engineer
Tommy Vicari - remixing engineer
Ken Anderson, Ron Coro - design
Bill Imhoff - cover illustration

References

^ Alphonso Johnson: Yesterday's Dreams. Epic Records. 1976.
Billboard's Best Selling Jazz Albums. Vol. 88. Billboard. December 25, 1976. p. 45.
Smith, Angela (2014). Women Drummers: A History from Rock and Jazz to Blues and Country. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 122 – via Google Books.
^ "Alphonso Johnson: Yesterday's Dreams". allmusic.com. Allmusic.

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