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