Pure Imagination (Eric Reed album)

Released1998

RecordedJuly 28–29, 1997

GenreJazz, Post-bop

Length49:52

Pure Imagination
Studio album by Eric Reed
Released	1998
Recorded	July 28–29, 1997
Genre	Jazz, Post-bop
Length	49:52
Label	Impulse!/GRP
Producer	Tommy LiPuma
Eric Reed chronology
Musicale (1996) Pure Imagination (1998) Manhattan Melodies (1999)

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Pure Imagination is a 1998 album by jazz pianist Eric Reed released through Impulse! Records. This album contains reinterpretations (remakes) of traditional pop songs from classic Broadway and Hollywood productions such as Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Porgy and Bess, A Little Night Music among others. Pure Imagination has peaked at #8 on Billboard's Top Jazz Album charts.^[2] All songs are written by famous songwriters of said productions except for the opening and closing tracks composed by Reed himself.