In a genre full of peaceniks, Lakecia Benjamin is a killer. Benjamin, the alto saxophonist, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, has exploded over the course of the 2020’s — both figuratively and musically. Her sound is brash and resonant, yet delicately composed and precisely structured. Benjamin is a focused musician, with all of her artistic choices brimming with intent, and the results are positively thrilling. She has become one of contemporary jazz’s most popular and revered alto saxophonists, and she is just getting started.
Already one of 2026’s best albums, Benjamin’s album We Dream is an outburst of immediacy. Vital and exigent, the album is very much of its time, reflecting the turmoil of the modern world but thankfully also keeping the door open…

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