Dreams (Philip Bailey album)

Dreams
Studio album by Philip Bailey
Released	June 22, 1999
Recorded	November 1998–March 1999
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:20
Label	Heads Up International
Producer	Philip Bailey, Robert Brookins, Erik Huber, Morris Pleasure
Philip Bailey chronology
Life and Love (1995) Dreams (1999) Soul on Jazz (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
All About Jazz	(favourable)[2]
Philadelphia Daily News	(favourable)[3]

Dreams is an album by Philip Bailey released on Heads Up International Records in June 1999. The album peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.^[4][5]

Overview

Dreams features guest appearances by artists such as Grover Washington Jr., George Duke, Kirk Whalum, Gerald Veasley, Marcus Miller, and Gerald Albright. On the album, Bailey covered Pat Metheny's "Something to Remind You", Bread's "Make It with You" and Earth, Wind & Fire's "Sailaway" which was featured on the band's 1980 album Faces.^[6][7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Waiting for the Rain"	Erik Huber	4:15
2.	"Moondance"	Van Morrison	5:00
3.	"Dream Like I Do"	Erik Huber	4:50
4.	"Something"	Erik Huber	3:34
5.	"Make It with You"	David Gates	4:15
6.	"Sail Away"	Philip Bailey, Eddie del Barrio, Roxanne Seeman, Maurice White	3:45
7.	"The Masquerade Is Over"	Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel	5:35
8.	"Are We Doing Better Now"	Philip Bailey, Sir Bailey, Robert Brookins	4:55
9.	"Something to Remind You"	Lyle Mays, Pat Metheny	5:45
10.	"Strength to Love You"	Philip Bailey, Sir Bailey, Robert Brookins	5:26

Personnel

Musicians

• Philip Bailey – lead and backing vocals
• Robert Brookins – keyboards, programming
• George Duke – acoustic piano, synthesizers
• Erik Huber – keyboards, programming
• Joe McBride – acoustic piano
• Morris Pleasure – keyboards, programming
• Steve Scalfati – keyboards, programming, guitars
• Pat Metheny – guitars
• Peter White – acoustic guitar
• Douglas Barnett – acoustic bass
• Marcus Miller – bass
• Gerald Veasley – bass
• Mark Ivester – drums
• Luis Conte – percussion
• Gerald Albright – saxophone
• Everette Harp – soprano saxophone
• Donald Hayes – saxophone
• Grover Washington, Jr. – saxophone
• Kirk Whalum – saxophone
• Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Darnell Alexander – backing vocals
• Valerie Davis – backing vocals

Production

• Robert Brookins – producer, engineer
• Erik Huber – producer, engineer
• Morris Pleasure – producer
• Dave Love – executive producer
• Gerald Albright – engineer
• Rick Braun – engineer
• Wayne Holmes – engineer
• Denny Jiosa – engineer
• Mark Knox – engineer
• Scott Noll – engineer
• Joe Primeau – engineer
• Reed Ruddy – engineer
• Martin Walters – engineer
• Peter White – engineer
• Erik Zobler – engineer
• Peter Figen – photography

References

1. Widran, Jonathan. "Philip Bailey: Dreams". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
2. Edelstein, Paula (July 1, 1999). "Philip Bailey: Dreams". allaboutjazz.com. All About Jazz.
3. Hunter Jr., Al (September 3, 1999). "Bailey finds truth in falsetto; Vertu returns to Forever". newspapers.com. Philadelphia Daily News.
4. Philip Bailey: Dreams. Heads Up International. 1999.
5. "Philip Bailey: Dreams (Top Jazz Albums)". billboard.com.
6. "Philip Bailey: Dreams". secondhandsongs.com.
7. Woodard, Joseph. "Philip Bailey". jazztimes.com. Jazz Times.