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Let Freedom Swing

2008 studio album by SWR Big Band, Toshiko Akiyoshi

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.

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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

  • 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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