Yesterday's Dreams is an album by American jazz guitarist Alphonso Johnson that was released in 1976 by Epic Records.[1] The album reached No. 28 on the Billboard magazine Jazz Albums chart.[2]

Yesterday's Dreams
Studio album by Alphonso Johnson
Released	1976
Studio	Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles; Sound Labs, Hollywood
Genre	Jazz-funk, jazz, jazz fusion
Length	35:21
Label	Epic
Producer	Skip Drinkwater
Alphonso Johnson chronology
Moonshadows (1976) Yesterday's Dreams (1976) Spellbound (1977)

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.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Allmusic gave the album a three out of five stars rating.[3]

Track listing

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