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American Dreams (Charlie Haden album)

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Released
  
2002

American Dreams (2002)
  
Land of the Sun (2003)

Release date
  
2002

Label
  
Gitanes Jazz Productions

Recorded
  
May 14–17, 2002

Artist
  
Charlie Haden

Producer
  
Charlie Haden

Genre
  
Jazz

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Charlie Haden albums, Jazz albums

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American Dreams is an album by bassist Charlie Haden featuring saxophonist Michael Brecker recorded in 2002 and released on the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album 2½ stars stating "This overly long quartet-plus-strings session is Charlie Haden's paean to an ideal America, made during a time that was ripe for such reflections. The band, with Haden on bass, Michael Brecker on tenor, Brad Mehldau on piano, and Brian Blade on drums, is unassailably strong. .

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Haden except as indicated
  1. "American Dreams" - 4:52
  2. "Travels" (Lyle Mays, Pat Metheny) - 6:46
  3. "No Lonely Nights" (Keith Jarrett) - 5:18
  4. "It Might Be You" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Dave Grusin) - 4:55
  5. "Prism" (Jarrett) - 5:21
  6. "America the Beautiful" (Katharine Lee Bates, Samuel A. Ward) - 5:23
  7. "Nightfall" - 5:07
  8. "Ron's Place" (Brad Mehldau) - 7:30
  9. "Bittersweet" (Don Sebesky) - 6:46
  10. "Young and Foolish" (Albert Hague, Arnold B. Horwitt) - 5:38
  11. "Bird Food" (Ornette Coleman) - 7:31
  12. "Sotto Voce" (Vince Mendoza) - 5:12
  13. "Love Like Ours" (Bergman, Bergman Grusin) - 4:25
  • Recorded at Signet Soundelux in Los Angeles, California on May 14–17, 2002

    • Personnel

  • Charlie Haden — bass
  • Michael Brecker — tenor saxophone
  • Brad Mehldau — piano
  • Brian Blade — drums
  • Unidentified String Orchestra
  • Alan Broadbent (tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, & 10), Jeremy Lubbock (tracks 4, 7 & 13), Vince Mendoza (tracks 2 & 12) — arranger, conductor

    • Songs

    1American DreamsBrad Mehldau - Michael Brecker - Brian Blade4:53
    2TravelsBrad Mehldau - Michael Brecker - Brian Blade6:47
    3No Lonely NightsBrad Mehldau - Michael Brecker - Brian Blade5:18

    References

    American Dreams (Charlie Haden album) Wikipedia
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