American Dreams (Charlie Haden album)

2002 studio album by Charlie Haden , with Michael Brecker featuring Brad Mehldau and Brian Blade

American Dreams

Studio album by

Charlie Haden
with Michael Brecker featuring Brad Mehldau and Brian Blade

Released| September 2002
Recorded| May 14–17, 2002
Studio| Signet Soundelux in Los Angeles, California
Genre| Jazz
Label| Verve
Producer| Charlie Haden and
Ruth Cameron
Charlie Haden chronology
| In Montreal
(2001)  | American Dreams
(2002)  | Nightfall
(2004)

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Michael Brecker chronology
| Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall
(2002)  | American Dreams
(2002)  | Wide Angles
(2003)

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American Dreams is an album by bassist Charlie Haden with saxophonist Michael Brecker recorded in 2002 and released on the Verve label.[1]

## Reception

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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."[2]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [3]

## Track listing

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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

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Musicians

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

Production

* Charlie Haden – producer
* Ruth Cameron – producer
* Jay Newland – engineer (recording, mixing)
* Tom Hardisty – assistant engineer (recording, mixing)
* CB Graphic – design (cover)
* Claude Emile Furones – photography (cover)
* Jim McHugh – photography (session)

## References

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1. ^ Discogs album entry accessed December 7, 2011
2. ^ a b Adler, D. R. Allmusic Review accessed December 7, 2011
3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 625\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Charlie Haden

Studio albums|

* As Long as There's Music (1978)
* Closeness (1976)
* The Golden Number (1977)
* Gitane (1978)
* Mágico (1980)
* Folk Songs (1981)
* Etudes (1988)
* Silence (1989)
* Dialogues (1990)
* First Song (1992)
* Steal Away (1995)
* Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) (1997)
* None But the Lonely Heart (1997)
* Nocturne (2001)
* American Dreams (2002)
* Nightfall (2004)
* Land of the Sun (2004)
* Heartplay (2006)
* Come Sunday (2012)

Live albums|

* Time Remembers One Time Once (1981)
* The Montreal Tapes: with Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell (1994)
* The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian (1994)
* Night and the City (1996)
* The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (1997)
* The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (1997)
* The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (1997)
* In Montreal (2001)
* The Montreal Tapes: Tribute to Joe Henderson (2003)
* Long Ago and Far Away (2007)
* Mágico: Carta de Amor (2012)
* Tokyo Adagio (2015)

Liberation Music
Orchestra albums|

* Liberation Music Orchestra (1970)
* The Ballad of the Fallen (1983)
* Dream Keeper (1990)
* Not in Our Name (2005)
* Time/Life (2016)

Old and New
Dreams albums|

* Old and New Dreams (1977)
* Old and New Dreams (1979)
* Playing (1981)
* A Tribute to Blackwell (1990)

Quartet West
albums|

* Quartet West (1987)
* In Angel City (1988)
* Haunted Heart (1992)
* Always Say Goodbye (1994)
* Now Is the Hour (1996)
* The Art of the Song (1999)
* The Private Collection (2007)
* Sophisticated Ladies (2010)

Related articles|

* Discography
* Josh Haden
* Spain [band]
* The Blue Moods of Spain
* Petra Haden
* Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out
* Rachel Haden
* Tanya Haden
* Let's Go Sailing
* The Haden Triplets

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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