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Playing is a live album by American jazz quartet Old and New Dreams recorded at the Cornmarket Theater in Austria and released on ECM the following year. The quartet consists brass section Don Cherry and Dewey Redman and rhythm section Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell.

Reception

Regarding the album's opener, JazzTimes' critic Ethan Iverson commented: "You could almost call this outstanding performance a jam session. The harmonic matrix between Redman and Haden is thrilling; they’re making up changes and patterns together. Cherry is also in prime form. During each horn solo, Blackwell and Haden go into halftime. In response, Redman gives us pure diatonic melody, while Cherry deals out the blues. The bass solo is fabulous; the collective improvisation after is joyous; Blackwell gets a proper say as well. If I had to choose one Old and New Dreams track, I'd select 'Happy House.'"

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars with reviewer Scott Yanow calling it "Recommended, as are Old and New Dreams' other three releases."

Writing for ECM blog Between Space and Time, Reviewer Tyran Grillo called the album a "fantastic set" that is "the place to start for anyone wanting a glimpse into the attic of Old And New Dreams." He wrote: "Considering the heft of talents assembled here, the results are weightlessly executed. This shows not weakness or lack of fortitude, but the maturity everyone brings to the sonic table. This is a solid date from musicians who know the business inside and out, and then some. About as good as it gets."

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Track listing

"Happy House" (Ornette Coleman) - 11:07
"Mopti" (Don Cherry) - 7:56
"New Dream" (Coleman) - 9:04
"Rushour" (Dewey Redman) - 7:01
"Broken Shadows" (Coleman) - 9:58
"Playing" (Charlie Haden) - 9:46

Personnel

Old and New Dreams

Don Cherry – pocket trumpet, piano
Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone, musette
Charlie Haden – bass
Ed Blackwell – drums

References

Old and New Dreams discography accessed May 3, 2011
Iverson, Ethan (September 1, 2020). "Chronology: Old And New Dreams Stands Apart". JazzTimes. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 3, 2011
Grillo, Tyran (October 29, 2011). "Old and New Dreams: Playing (ECM 1205)". Between Sound and Space. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 154. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1096. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

v t e Don Cherry
Studio albums	The Avant-Garde (1961) Complete Communion (1965) Symphony for Improvisers (1966) Where Is Brooklyn? (1966) Eternal Rhythm (1968) Blue Lake (1971) Organic Music Society (1972) Relativity Suite with Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1973) Eternal Now (1973) Orient (1974) Brown Rice (1975) Hear & Now (1976) El Corazón with Ed Blackwell (1982) Home Boy (Sister Out) (1985) Art Deco (1988) Multikulti (1991) Dona Nostra (1993)
with Old and New Dreams	Old and New Dreams (1977) Old and New Dreams (1979) Playing (1981) A Tribute to Blackwell (1990)
with Codona	Codona (1979) Codona 2 (1981) Codona 3 (1983)
with New York Contemporary Five	Consequences (1963) Archie Shepp & the New York Contemporary Five (1963) Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 (1964)

v t e Charlie Haden
Studio albums	As Long as There's Music (1978) Closeness (1976) The Golden Number (1977) Gitane (1978) Mágico (1980) Folk Songs (1981) Etudes (1988) Silence (1989) Dialogues (1990) First Song (1992) Steal Away (1995) Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) (1997) None But the Lonely Heart (1997) Nocturne (2001) American Dreams (2002) Nightfall (2004) Land of the Sun (2004) Heartplay (2006) Come Sunday (2012)
Live albums	Time Remembers One Time Once (1981) The Montreal Tapes: with Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell (1994) The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian (1994) Night and the City (1996) The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (1997) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (1997) The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (1997) In Montreal (2001) The Montreal Tapes: Tribute to Joe Henderson (2003) Long Ago and Far Away (2007) Mágico: Carta de Amor (2012) Tokyo Adagio (2015)
Liberation Music Orchestra albums	Liberation Music Orchestra (1970) The Ballad of the Fallen (1983) Dream Keeper (1990) Not in Our Name (2005) Time/Life (2016)
Old and New Dreams albums	Old and New Dreams (1977) Old and New Dreams (1979) Playing (1981) A Tribute to Blackwell (1990)
Quartet West albums	Quartet West (1987) In Angel City (1988) Haunted Heart (1992) Always Say Goodbye (1994) Now Is the Hour (1996) The Art of the Song (1999) The Private Collection (2007) Sophisticated Ladies (2010)
Related articles	Discography Josh Haden Spain The Blue Moods of Spain Petra Haden Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out Rachel Haden Tanya Haden Let's Go Sailing The Haden Triplets

v t e Dewey Redman
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Look for the Black Star (1966) Tarik (1969) The Ear of the Behearer (1973) Coincide (1974) Musics (1978) Soundsigns (1978) The Struggle Continues (1982) Living on the Edge (1989) Choices (with Joshua Redman, 1992) African Venus (with Joshua Redman, 1992) Momentum Space (with Cecil Taylor and Elvin Jones, 1998)
Live albums	Red and Black in Willisau (with Ed Blackwell, 1980) In London (1996)
with Old and New Dreams	Old and New Dreams (1976) Old and New Dreams (1979) Playing (1980) A Tribute to Blackwell (1987)
Related articles	Joshua Redman (son)

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