Let Freedom Swing

Let Freedom Swing
Studio album by SWR Big Band, Toshiko Akiyoshi
Released 2008 February
Recorded 2007 May 9–12, SWR U-Musik-Studio, Villa Berg, Stuttgart
Genre Jazz
Length 1:44:39
Label Hänssler Verlag (Germany)
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
50th Anniversary Concert in Japan
(2006)
Let Freedom Swing
(2008)
Vintage...
(2008)
SWR Big Band chronology
Voyage, Don Menza and the SWR Big Band
(2007)
Let Freedom Swing
(2008)
Bald gras’ ich am Neckar
(2009)

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:

  1. "Drum Conference" (3rd movement) – 13:28
  2. "Repose" – 5:16
  3. "Harlequin's Tear" – 7:16
  4. "Kogun" – 8:10
  5. "Feast in Milano" – 8:15
  6. "Let Freedom Swing" – 9:42
  7. "Lady Liberty" – 7:24
  8. "Pollination" – 13:08
  9. "I Know Who Loves You" – 5:48
  10. "Warning! Success May Be Hazardous to Your Health" – 5:48
  11. "Song For The Harvest" – 7:24
  12. "Epilogue: Hope" – 4:50
  13. "Harlequin's Tear" (live bonus track) – 7:35

Personnel

References / External Links


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