2008 studio album by SWR Big Band, Toshiko Akiyoshi
Let Freedom Swing 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)
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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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