Pieces Of A Dream Acquainted With The Night CD

Acquainted With The Night Music

List Price	$18.98 (You save $2.99)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, HDCD, Enhanced CD, Smooth
Label	Heads Up
Orig Year	2001
All Time Sales Rank	27160
CD Universe Part number	1659485
Catalog number	3059
Discs	1
Release Date	Mar 27, 2001
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Engineer	Jeff Chestek; Jon Smeltz
Personnel	James Lloyd - piano, keyboards, programming Curtis Harmon - drums, triangle Also: Gerald Albright, Randy Bowland, Maysa, Ronny Jordan, David Dyson, Cherie Mitchell, Eddie Baccus Jr., Kenny Blake, Bryan Brock, Henri McMillan, Ramona Dunlap
Additional Info	Enhanced CD

Pieces Of A Dream Acquainted With The Night Songs

1.	Ru Ready	$0.99
2.	Night Vision	$0.99
3.	On That Note...	$0.99
4.	Upside Down	$0.99
5.	Off the Hook	$0.99
6.	Brand Nu Start	$0.99
7.	Acquainted With the Night	$0.99
8.	Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going to?)	$0.99
9.	Saxitude	$0.99
10.	Trance	$0.99
11.	Picture This	$0.99

Acquainted With The Night Music Review

Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars) 3 stars

3 stars 3 STARS IS QUALITY
Three stars for this band would be five stars form other bands. There are some other classic POD albums I enjoy a little more. However, if you like smooth jazz and 70s funk, you're bound to dig this one. It's that simple. Mostly instrumental.
Submitted by a reviewer (Chambersburg, PA, USA)
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