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Moondreams is an album by Brazilian keyboardist Walter Wanderley featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the CTI label.

“Wanderley’s second album during Creed Taylor’s A&M residency opens with a bang, a fantastic rendition of the old Northern Brazilian standard “Asa Branca” that evokes the exhilaration of a street carnival. Midway through, the tempo kicks up, the band settles into a two-chord vamp, and the performance lifts into orbit; even the normally mild-mannered Wanderley dances wildly on organ and electric harpsichord. Nothing else here, even the provocatively titled “Proton, Electron, Neutron,” approaches “Asa Branca”‘s energy. Yet on the whole, this is a somewhat better album than its predecessor on A&M; the sound is more open and less confined. The selection remains predominantly Brazilian, with an occasional American ringer like “Soulful Strut” and another Jimmy Webb tune, “5:30 Plane.” The female voices (one of whom is Flora Purim) return on a few tracks; so do Hubert Laws and Romeo Penque on flutes. Eumir Deodato is in charge of the mauve-colored charts for flutes, trumpets and violas, and Airto Moreira makes an early impression pumping up the percussion section.” – Richard S. Ginell.

Track listing:
“Asa Branca” (Luiz Gonzaga) – 4:32
“L’ Amore Dice Ciao” (Armando Trovajoli Giancarlo Guardagassi, Roger Greenaway) – 2:41
“Penha” (Vicente Paiva) – 2:45
“One of the Nicer Things” (Jimmy Webb) – 3:10
“Proton, Electron, Neutron” (Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle) – 2:47
“5:30 Plane” (Webb) – 3:42
“Soulful Strut” (Eugene Record, Sonny Sanders) – 3:06
“Moondreams” (Egberto Gismonti) – 2:31
“Jackie, All” (Eumir Deodato) – 3:33
“Mirror of Love” (Deodato) – 2:44

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 11, 12 & 13, 1968

Personnel:
Walter Wanderley – organ, electronic harpsichord
Bernie Glow – trumpet, flugelhorn
Marvin Stamm – flugelhorn
Danny Bank, Hubert Laws, Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson, Joe Soldo – flute
Jose Marino, Richard Davis, George Duvivier – bass
João Palma – drums
Lulu Ferreira, Airto Moreira – percussion
Flora Purim, Linda November, Stella Stevens, Susan Manchester – vocals
Harold Coletta, Richard Dickler, Theodore Israel, Archie Levin, David Mankovitz, Warren Tekula, Emanuel Vardi, Harry Zaratzian – viola
Eumir Deodato – arranger

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Released: 1969
Recorded: March 11, 12 & 13, 1969
Studio: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Length: 31:31
Label: A&M/CTI
SP 3022
Producer: Creed Taylor