Pieces of a Dream
Sat, 31 Oct 2026 · 18:30 · Soul Mama Islington, London
Celebrate 50 Years of Pieces of a Dream – Live at Soul Mama Experience smooth jazz legends Pieces of a Dream live at Soul Mama as they celebrate 50 years of music. This special performance also marks the band's first London appearance in 38 years, making it a genuinely rare opportunity to experience one of smooth jazz's most influential and enduring groups. For the Saturday show, we also have the added angle of Halloween, giving us another reason to make the evening feel like an occasion rather than simply another date on the calendar. Doors 6.30pm | Performance 8pm & 8.30pm on Fridays | Event Calendar CLICK HERE Pieces of a dream emerged out of Philadelphia's music scene in 1976. The group based their name on “Pieces of Dreams,” a cover tune by Stanley Turrentine that the group performed. After quickly becoming popular around Philadelphia, the trio landed a spot as the house band for a local television show called City Lights. Their experience widened as they played backup on the broadcasts to a wide variety of artists, and that’s where jazz legend, the late Grover Washington, Jr. first heard them. One day while the teenagers were playing at the Bijou (where Grover had recorded his Live at the Bijou album), he sat in with them to play “Mr. Magic.”Not long after, Pieces of a Dream hit the road performing in Grover Washington Jr.’s rhythm section and opening for him as Pieces of a Dream. “Mr. Magic” took Lloyd and Harmon under his wings and signed the band as the first group with his brand new production company, Elektra. Pieces released three albums in quick succession, firmly establishing its place in the world of smooth jazz with the CDs Pieces of a Dream (1981), We Are One (1982) and Imagine This (1983). Those albums include some of their biggest early hits, including “Warm Weather,” “Mount Airy Groove” and “Fo Fi Fo.” From 1981 to 1984, Pieces of a Dream built their reputation with three albums on Elektra that would come to define the musical ess…