Mythical Magic

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{{Infobox album

| name = Mythical Magic

| type = Album

| artist = Joanne Brackeen

| cover = Mythical Magic.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1979

| recorded = September 25–26, 1978

| venue =

| studio = MPS Studio, Villingen, Schwarzwald, West Germany

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = MPS
15526

| producer = Willi Fruth

| chronology = Joanne Brackeen

| prev_title = Prism

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = Keyed In

| next_year = 1979

}}

Mythical Magic is a solo album by pianist Joanne Brackeen recorded in 1978 and released on the German MPS label.[http://www.mps-music.com/portfolio-items/joanne-brackeen-%E2%80%8E-mythical-magic/ MPS Records album entry] accessed February 14, 2017[http://discog.piezoelektric.org/saba/saba-mps.html SABA/MPS Records: SABA/MPS Productions] accessed February 14, 2017

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| author-link =

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen

|url-access=registration

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/28 28]-29

}}

}}

AllMusic reviewer Michael G. Nastos stated "Solo piano. All originals; perky and pungent".{{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0000890905|first=Michael G.|last=Nastos|label=Joanne Brackeen – Mythical Magic: Review|accessdate=February 14, 2017}}

Track listing

All compositions by Joanne Brackeen.

  1. "Foreign Ray" – 3:46
  2. "Mythical Magic" – 7:46
  3. "Hobbits" – 4:13
  4. "Told You So" – 4:02
  5. "Phantom's Forum" – 4:30
  6. "Transition" – 4:00
  7. "Of Gnomes in Dance" – 5:36
  8. "Now or Never" – 4:39
  9. "Minuend" – 3:07

Personnel

References