''Dream Keeper'' is an album by bassist

Charlie Haden Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than 50 years. In the late 1950s, he was an original member of the ground-breaking ...

that was recorded in 1990 and released by

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. The album was nominated for a

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for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance and was voted "Jazz album of the year" in ''

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'' magazine's 1991 critics' poll. Haden,

Carla Bley Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936) is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera '' Escalator over the Hill'' ...

and Ray Anderson also placed first in that year's ''Acoustic Bass'', ''Composer'' and ''Trombone'' poll categories, respectively. This album is the first by Haden's

Liberation Music Orchestra Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than 50 years. In the late 1950s, he was an original member of the ground-breaking ...

since '' The Ballad of the Fallen'' (1983).

Track listing

:1. "Dream Keeper" (Bley,

Langston Hughes James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, Hug ...

, Traditional) – 16:51 ::"Dream Keeper Part 1" (Bley) ::"

Feliciano Ama José Feliciano de Jesús Ama Trampa (1881 – 28 January 1932) was an indigenous peasant leader, a Pipil from Izalco in El Salvador, who participated and died during La Matanza. Ama had his lands taken by the wealthy coffee planting family, ...

" (trad. from El Salvador) ::"Dream Keeper Part II" (Bley) ::"Canto del Pilon (I)" (trad. from Venezuela) ::"Dream Keeper Part III" (Bley) ::"Canto del Pilon (II)" (trad. from Venezuela) ::"Hymn of the Anarchist Women's Movement" (trad. from

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) ::"Dream Keeper Part IV" (Bley) :2. "Rabo de Nube" (

Silvio Rodríguez Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez (born 29 November 1946) is a Cuban musician, and leader of the Nueva Trova movement. He is widely considered Cuba's best folk singer and arguably one of Latin America's greatest singer-songwriters. Known for his in ...

) – 5:23 :3. " Nkosi Sikelel'i Afrika" (

Enoch Sontonga Enoch Mankayi Sontonga ( – 18 April 1905) was a South African composer, who is best known for writing the Xhosa hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" (), which, in abbreviated version, has been sung as the first half of the national anthem of South ...

) – 10:31 :4. "Sandino" (Haden) – 6:39 :5. "Spiritual" (Haden) – 8:59

Personnel

Tom Harrell Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by ''Jazz Journalists Association'', Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including mul ...

– trumpet, flugelhorn * Earl Gardner – trumpet *

Dewey Redman Walter Dewey Redman (May 17, 1931 – September 2, 2006) was an American saxophonist who performed free jazz as a bandleader and with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett. Redman mainly played tenor saxophone, though he occasionally also played ...

– tenor saxophone *

Joe Lovano Joseph Salvatore Lovano (born December 29, 1952)"Joe Lovano." ''Contemporary Musicians''. Vol. 13. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 1994. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, May 5, 2017. is an American jazz saxophonist, alto clarin ...

– tenor saxophone, flute *

Branford Marsalis Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed inst ...

– tenor saxophone, flute * Ken McIntyre – alto saxophone * Ray Anderson – trombone *

Sharon Freeman Ahnee Sharon Freeman is a jazz pianist, French horn player and arranger. Freeman played French horn for the jazz opera '' Escalator over the Hill'', Gil Evans's 1973 album ''Svengali'', and in 1983 she worked on a piece of jazz Christmas music. I ...

– French horn * Joseph Daley – tuba * Juan Lazaro Mendolas – wood flute, pan flute *

Amina Claudine Myers Amina Claudine Myers (born March 21, 1942) is an American jazz pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and arranger. Biography Born in Blackwell, Arkansas, "Myers was brought up largely by her great-aunt, a schoolteacher, and her great-uncle, a c ...

– piano *

Mick Goodrick Mick Goodrick (June 9, 1945 – November 16, 2022) was an American jazz guitarist who spent most of his career as a teacher. In the early 1970s, he worked with Gary Burton and Pat Metheny. Biography An Elvis fan, Goodrick began studying guitar ...

– guitar *

– double bass *

Paul Motian Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties. He first came to prominence in the ...

– drums *

Don Alias Charles "Don" Alias (December 25, 1939 in New York City – March 28, 2006 in New York City) was an American jazz percussionist. Alias was best known for playing congas and other hand drums. He was, however, a capable drum kit performer: for e ...

– percussion *

– arranger, conductor * The Oakland Youth Chorus, Elizabeth Min, director

References

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