I Had The Craziest Dream - Manny Albam

I Had The Craziest Dream

I Had The Craziest Dream

Manny Albam and His Orchestra
Stereo Action
The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow
Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City
Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson
Mastering: Dick Gardner
RCA Victor LSA-2508
1962

From the back side of the disc sleeve: About Manny Albam - "His writing is a firm mixture of good taste and deceptive simplicity..." noted Down Beat in describing the music of Manny Albam. At 39, Albam is one of the select few of popular music: the most-sought-after arrangers. His writing ranges from serious composition to jazz pieces to arrangements of popular composition to jazz pieces to arrangements of popular songs. He was a professional musician at the age of 19 and played baritone sax in the orchestra of Bob Chester and Georgie Auld before serving in the U.S. Army from 1945-1946. He has played with the orchestras of Charlie Barnet, Boyd Raeburn and Sam Donahue, among others. He has arranged for nearly every dance and jazz band. Among his recorded works is one of the most successful jazz albums ever issued, The Drum Suite (RCA Victor LPM-1279). His bubbling sense of humor comes to light in nearly everything he writes, as his arrangements on I Had The Craziest Dream will demonstrate. – Dom Cerulli

Dream
I Can Dream, Can't I
Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)
Street Of Dreams
Darn That Dream
Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat
You Stepped Out Of A Dream
I Had The Craziest Dream
Out Of My Dreams
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
This Time The Dream's On Me
A Kiss To Build A Dream On