Akropolis Reed: Are We Dreaming The Same Dream? – COMPACT DISCS

Title: Are We Dreaming The Same Dream?
Artist: Akropolis Reed
Label: Bright Shiny Things
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 669936780013
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2024-04-26
Number of Discs: 1

Akropolis Reed Quintet, composer/pianist Pascal Le Boeuf, and drummer Christian Euman join forces on the electrifying album Are We Dreaming The Same Dream? Le Boeuf’s album-length composition examines what Ralph Ellison calls “the unity of American experience” by recognizing his musical ancestors – Geri Allen, Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus, Bill T. Jones, and Leonard Bernstein. His composition asks: Are we really dreaming the same American dream, or is our consumer culture overshadowing our own sense of belonging?

Tracks:
1.1 Prelude (Theme)
1.2 All Consuming
1.3 Interlude (Retrograde)
1.4 Unity at Intervals
1.5 Interlude (Mashup)
1.6 Strands
1.7 Processional
1.8 Ambassadors (Swing)
1.9 Ideals and Disillusions
1.10 Invisible America (Theme)
1.11 Ancestors (Fast)
1.12 Interlude (Loop)
1.13 Ancestors (Slow)
1.14 Almost a Duet
1.15 Dedications (Ballad)
1.16 A Joyful Tribute
1.17 Recessional