JAZZTIMES review of Yesterday's Dream - July/August 1993
Musicdesigner | St. Paul, MN USA | 09/30/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Keyboardist Gary Brunotte should turn heads with Yesterday's Dream (Altenburgh; 43:30), an eminently appealing date featuring saxman Eric Marienthal, bassists Jimmy Johnson and Gordy Johnson, drummers Bill Berg and Gordy Knudtson, percussionists Brad Dutz and Marc Anderson, and vocalist Lucia Newell. Brunotte is a crisp, indeed, intelligent player whose charts sizzle and yet leave plenty of space for inspired soloing. And, egads, this may be Marienthal's finest outing - tres musical! Along with Brunotte's bracing originals are attractive reframings of "If I Only Had a Brain" and "Spring Can Really Hang You Up he Most." In all, a first-class effort, especially the tracks anchored by West Coast heavies Jimmy Johnson, Bill Berg and Brad Dutz."