All the Magic

Infobox Album |
Name = All the Magic
Type = Album
Artist = Lester Bowie


Released = 1982
Recorded = June 1982
Genre = Jazz
Length = 79:40
Label = ECM
Producer = Manfred Eicher
Reviews = *amg|id=10:kzfuxqrgldse|rating|3|5
Last album = "The Great Pretender"
(1981)
This album = "All the Magic"
(1982)
Next album = "I Only Have Eyes for You"
(1983)

"The Great Pretender" is the second album by Lester Bowie recorded for ECM. It was released in 1982 as a double LP with the first disc consisting of band performances and a second disc of solo trumpet improvisations by Bowie.

Track listing

*Disc One
# "For Louie" (Wilson) - 12:14
# "Spacehead" - 6:47
# "Ghosts" (Ayler) - 3:09
# "Trans Traditional Suite" - 15:51
# "Let The Good Times Roll" (Goodman, Lee) - 6:47
*Disc Two
# "Organic Echo" - 3:17
# "Dunce Dance" - 2:05
# "Charlie M. (Part II)" - 2:49
# "Thirsty?" - 3:34
# "Almost Christmas" - 3:52
# "Down Home" - 2:40
# "Okra Influence" - 4:38
# "Miles Davis Meets Donald Duck" - 1:49
# "Deb Deb's Face" - 2:03
# "Monkey Waltz" - 1:47
# "Fradulent Fanfare" - 1:01
# "Organic Echo (Part II)" - 5:27

Personnel

*Lester Bowie: trumpet
*Ari Brown: tenor and soprano saxophones
*Art Matthews: piano
*Fred Williams bass
*Phillip Wilson: drums
*Fontella Bass: vocals
*David Peaston vocals