| Planet Dream | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Steve Swell |
| Cover: | Planet_dream_cover.jpeg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | 2009 |
| Recorded: | February 10, 2008 |
| Studio: | Newsonic, New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Label: | Clean Feed |
| Producer: | Steve Swell |
| Chronology: | Steve Swell |
| Prev Title: | Magical Listening Hour |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | 5000 Poems |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
Planet Dream is an album by American jazz trombonist Steve Swell which was recorded in 2008 and released on the Portuguese Clean Feed label. He leads a trio with Rob Brown on alto sax and Daniel Levin on cello.[1]
Brown and Swell are long-time members of William Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra. They have also worked in smaller groups on the albums We Are Not Obstinate Islands by The Diplomats, a collaborative trio with drummer Harris Eisenstadt, and Radiant Pools, under Brown's leadership. Levin and Brown have worked in a trio with drummer Satoshi Takeishi, which recorded Sounds.[2]
In a double review for All About Jazz, Wilbur Mackenzie states "Swell has worked with cellist Dan Levin and saxophonist Rob Brown before in various contexts, but a tightly woven trio environment provides for a very exposed look at how three distinct identities can contribute to a meaningful whole while maintaining individual directionality."[3]
All compositions by Swell / Brown / Levin except as indicated