LAKECIA BENJAMIN - We Dream LAKECIA BENJAMIN

We Dream is the studio album by New York-based alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader, Lakecia Benjamin.

Conceived as a deeply band-driven project, her sixth album and Artwork Records debut centres on Benjamin’s frequent collaborators in pianists Oscar Pérez and Miki Hayama and bassist Elias Bailey - along with new associates in trumpeter Sean Jones and drummer Jonathan Barber - alongside an expansive cast of guest collaborators drawn from across jazz, R&B, hip-hop and experimental music.

When describing her collaborators, Benjamin emphasizes that they are not bound by genre, pointing instead to artists who have reshaped music through sound, presentation and the spaces in which it can exist.

Across ‘We Dream’, Benjamin situates jazz within a broader cultural landscape, reflecting her growing presence at festivals where jazz shares the stage with DJs, reggae acts and genre-defying artists.

But genre aside, it stands as a bold, intentional artistic statement - one that insists on forward motion, collective imagination and the power of sound to illuminate even the darkest spaces.