Lyle Mays' second solo album ventures even further afield than his acclaimed first record, into areas not associated with Mays nor his employer Pat Metheny. This time, the personnel list is far more varied, with several guest luminaries from the world of jazz-rock, as well as a big band and full chamber orchestra on some selections. Again, the main thrust of the album is bound up in a lengthy suite with new age atmospheric elements, juxtaposing fleet Brazilian grooves with a chamber orchestra, voluble Mays piano solos, and electronic interpolations by Mays and Frisell reminiscent of early classical electronic music. The solo "Chorinho" is a running classical exercise on electric keyboards, almost a contemporary Bachianas Brasileiras (to borrow Villa-Lobos' term) and a considerable feat of invention. The biggest surprise of all may well be "Possible Straight," a brief, straight-ahead piece of big band hard bop, and "Before You Can Go" seems to be the token emulation of the Metheny groove. There's a lot of inventive, mostly easygoing music here, though if one must choose, the level is not as consistently high as on Mays' first album. ~ Richard Ginell, All Music Guide
Street Dreams
01/01/1988 | Warner Bros / Wea
All Music Guide Review
Street Dreams Track Listing
Credits of Street Dreams
- Lyle Mays
- Piano, Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Main Performer
- Bob Millikan
- Flute, Sax (Tenor), Trumpet
- Keith O'Quinn
- Trombone
- Paul Peabody
- Violin
- Vicki Randle
- Percussion, Vocals, Vocoder
- Marilyn Reynolds
- Violin
- Steve Rodby
- Bass (Electric), Producer, Conductor
- Laura Seaton
- Violin
- Chris Seiter
- Trombone
- Chris Sieter
- Trombone
- Mineko Yajima
- Violin
- Masako Yanagita
- Violin
- Yari Bond
- Cello
- Aloysia Friedmann
- Violin
- Erica Kieswetter
- Violin
- Steve Radby
- Bass (Electric)
- Louise Schulman
- Violin, Leader, Viola
- Stephen Taylor
- Horn (English)
- Mitsuru Tsubota
- Violin
- Robin Bushman
- Violin
- Mayuki Fukuhara
- Violin, Concert Master
- Rozlyne Clarke
- Cello
- Jeri Heiden
- Art Direction, Design
- David Sholemson
- Project Coordinator
- Elizabeth Mann
- Flute
- Stephanie Fricker
- Viola
- William Blowns
- Clarinet (Bass)
- Erich Kory
- Cello
- Lutz Rath
- Cello
- Eriko Sato
- Violin
- Jonathan Spitz
- Cello
- Astrid Schween
- Cello
- Steven Cantor
- Producer
- Jennie Hansen
- Viola
- Robert Shaw
- Violin
- Darc Bargeron
- Trombone
- Dave Bergeron
- Trombone
- Emilia Barros
- Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part, Spoken Word
- Steve Jordan
- Drums
- Glen Velez
- Percussion
- David Taylor
- Trombone (Bass)
- David Cantor
- Photography
- Martin Agee
- Violin
- Dave Bargeron
- Trombone
- Willie Blount
- Clarinet (Bass)
- Randy Brecker
- Trumpet
- Rob Eaton
- Engineer, Mixing
- Bill Frisell
- Guitar
- Laurie Frink
- Trumpet
- Steve Gadd
- Cymbals, Drums
- Chris Gekker
- Trumpet
- Josh Gordon
- Cello
- Jeff Hendrickson
- Engineer
- Ted Jensen
- Mastering
- Ron Lawrence
- Viola
- Richard Locker
- Cello
- Peter Erskine
- Cymbals, Drums
- Marc Johnson
- Bass, Bass (Acoustic)
- Bob Malach
- Flute, Sax (Tenor)
- Pat Metheny
- Executive Producer
- Bob Mintzer
- Flute, Sax (Tenor)














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