Dreams (band)

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Dreams was one of the original prominent jazz-rock bands in the period of the late 1960s and early 1970s and recorded for Columbia Records. They prevailed with other jazz-rock bands of the time such as Chicago, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chase, Flock, and Soft Machine. Dreams was formed by Jeff Kent and Doug Lubahn, who together wrote and arranged all their original songs. The band began as a trio having no horns and evolved into a horn-based band over time. They were later joined by others such as Will Lee, Don Grolnick, Bob Mann, and Eddie Vernon.

While Dreams did not achieve the commercial success of either Chicago or Blood Sweat & Tears, they did serve as a launchpad for eventually prominent jazz fusion artists Billy Cobham, Don Grolnick, and Randy & Michael Brecker (later known as the Brecker Brothers). Other prominent band members included guitarist John Abercrombie, trombonist Barry Rogers, guitarist Bob Mann (who later joined the band Mountain) and bassist Will Lee.

The principal difference between Dreams and most of their fellow brass-led bands was, according to their album sleeve notes, that they didn't work from written arrangements but rather worked them out 'Trad' or 'New Orleans style' -- playing whatever came into their heads and waiting for something to gel. After the demise of Dreams, Grolnick, Lee, and Randy and Michael Brecker formed The Brecker Brothers Band, but this time working from very tightly controlled arrangements.

Dreams contributed to the soundtrack of the cult 1974 film The Groove Tube with their theme for the "Dealers" skit.