Let Freedom Swing Explained
| Let Freedom Swing |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | SWR Big Band, Toshiko Akiyoshi |
| Cover: | LetFreedomSwing_SWRBigBand.jpg |
| Released: | February 2008 |
| Recorded: | 9–12 May 2007, |
| Studio: | SWR U-Musik-Studio, Villa Berg, Stuttgart |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 1:44:39 |
| Label: | Hänssler Verlag (Germany) |
Let Freedom Swing is a big band jazz album recorded by the SWR Big Band with Toshiko Akiyoshi as guest pianist/conductor. The album was released as a 2 disk CD in February 2008 by Hänssler Verlag in Germany and includes performances of 12 Akiyoshi compositions.
Track listing
All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:
- "Drum Conference" (3rd movement) – 13:28
- "Repose" – 5:16
- "Harlequin's Tear" – 7:16
- "Kogun" – 8:10
- "Feast in Milano" – 8:15
- "Let Freedom Swing" – 9:42
- "Lady Liberty" – 7:24
- "Pollination" – 13:08
- "I Know Who Loves You" – 5:48
- "Warning! Success May Be Hazardous to Your Health" – 5:48
- "Song For The Harvest" – 7:24
- "Epilogue: Hope" – 4:50
- "Harlequin's Tear" (live bonus track) – 7:35
Personnel
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
- Decebal Badila – bass
- Holger Nell – drums
- Farouk Gomati – percussion
- Klaus Graf – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone
- Axel Kühn – alto saxophone, flute, soprano saxophone
- Andreas Maile – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone
- Jörg Kaufmann – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo flute
- Pierre Paquette – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
- Karl Farrent – trumpet
- Claus Reichstaller – trumpet
- Frank Wellert – trumpet
- Felice Civitareale – trumpet
- Rudolf Reindl – trumpet
- Marc Godfroid – trombone
- Ian Cumming – trombone
- Ernst Hutter – trombone
- Georg Maus – trombone
- Dagmar Claus – speaker (on track 6, Let Freedom Swing)
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