American Dream, by Taylor Haskins

American Dream

by Taylor Haskins

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1.	Invocation: American Dream 03:21	buy track
2.	Theme From "Dead Man" 02:33	buy track
3.	Mustangs (Steve McQueen) 04:26	buy track
4.	Drifters 06:18	buy track
5.	Black Boxes 08:17	buy track
6.	No Regrets 05:08	buy track
7.	Pyramids 02:02	buy track
8.	Idlewild 02:58	buy track
9.	Everlong 03:23	buy track
10.	The Ballad Of Michael Jackson 06:10	buy track
11.	The Monetary System Blues 06:04	buy track
12.	Johnsburg, Illinois 01:38	buy track

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American Dream portrays the mindset of many of this generation’s young Americans. On this recording, trumpeter/composer Taylor Haskins broaches topics contrasting the idealistic and realistic United States through his depictive compositions and arrangements of modern American classics by Neil Young, The Foo Fighters, and Tom Waits. American Dream features Haskins backed by a sympathetic group of phenomenal musicians including guitarist Ben Monder, bassist Ben Street, and drummer Jeff Hirshfield. Haskins notes, “This album is a meditation on the concepts of: Breakdown – a collapse of a system of authority due to widespread transgression of the rules. Destruction – the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired. The Ideal – existing only in the imagination; desirable or perfect but not likely to become a reality. Abandonment – giving up completely a course of action, a practice, or a way of thinking. Memory – the power of the mind to remember things.