| Lost in a Dream | |
| Type: | Live album |
| Artist: | Paul Motian |
| Cover: | Lost in a Dream (Paul Motian album).jpg |
| Released: | 19 March 2010[1] |
| Recorded: | February 2009 |
| Venue: | Village Vanguard New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 51:45 |
| Label: | ECM ECM 1992 |
| Producer: | Manfred Eicher |
| Prev Title: | Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | The Windmills of Your Mind |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
Lost in a Dream is a live album by jazz drummer Paul Motian, recorded at the Village Vanguard in February 2009 and released on ECM the following year.[2] It features tenor saxophonist Chris Potter and pianist Jason Moran.
Writing for The Guardian, jazz critic John Fordham noted that Lost in a Dream reveals Motian's trio to "demonstrate sublime improvising musicianship" and "flawless creative listening at once."[3] This symbiosis between musicians was similarly highlighted by reviews in PopMatters, AllAboutJazz and The Jazz Mann, with John Kelman describing Lost in a Dream to be the work of Motian's "empathic new trio."[4] The Jazz Mann considered Lost in a Dream to be a superb example of contemporary improvised music in which "the empathy between the three protagonists is of the highest order", producing an album of "supreme beauty with a controlled power and a keen musical intelligence." In his review for PopMatters, Will Layman suggested that Lost in a Dream "should rank highly" within Motian's extensive repertoire recorded works, reporting that the trio's "combination of balladry and excitement, texture and melody, individual personality and group simpatico makes Lost in a Dream a serious standout."[5]
Laura Marín Bertomeu, in a monograph on the ECM discography observed that reflections on Motian's collective body of work since his death have concluded that the musical intelligence and 'empathy' on display makes Lost in a Dream one of his finest recordings.[6]
All compositions by Paul Motian except as indicated