To Reach a Dream

{{Infobox album

| name = To Reach a Dream

| type = studio

| artist = Jimmy Ponder

| cover = To Reach a Dream.jpg

|border=yes

| released = 1992

| recorded = July 26, 1988 and June 5, 1989

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and Fox Recording Studio, Rutherford, NJ

| genre = Jazz

| length = 51:51

| label = Muse
CD 5394

| producer = Don Sickler and Joe Fields

| chronology = Jimmy Ponder

| prev_title = Come On Down

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Something to Ponder

| next_year = 1996

}}

To Reach a Dream is an album by guitarist Jimmy Ponder that was released by Muse in 1991.{{cite web |title=Muse Records Listing |url=https://jazzdiscography.com/Labels/muse.htm |website=jazzdiscography.com |accessdate=January 28, 2019}}{{cite web |title=Muse discography 5350 to 5399 |url=http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Muse_5350.htm |website=jazzlists.com |accessdate=January 28, 2019}}{{cite web |title=Jazzlists: album entry |url=http://www.jazzlists.com/jz/To_Reach_A_Dream.htm |website=jazzlists.com |accessdate=January 28, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Payne |first1=Douglas |title=Jimmy Ponder Discography |url=http://www.dougpayne.com/jpdisco.htm |website=Sound Insights |accessdate=January 28, 2019}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0000078543|label=Jimmy Ponder: To Reach a Dream – Review|accessdate=January 28, 2019}}

}}

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Ponder except where noted

  1. "To Reach a Dream" – 6:27
  2. "You Are Too Beautiful" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 6:02
  3. "Ruby" (Heinz Roemheld, Mitchell Parish) – 7:02
  4. "Bumpin' On Sunset" – 9:27
  5. "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 2:59
  6. "At Last" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 6:08
  7. "This Bitter Earth" (Clyde Otis) – 9:04
  8. "Don't Be Flat Blues" – 4:42
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on July 26, 1988 (tracks 2-4, 6 & 8) and at Fox Recording Studio, Rutherford, NJ on June 5, 1989 (tracks 1, 5 & 7)

Personnel

  • Jimmy Ponder – guitar, vocals
  • Lonnie Smith – organ
  • Geary Moore – rhythm guitar (tracks 2, 4 & 6)
  • Greg Bandy – drums
  • Lawrence Killian - percussion

References