Let Freedom Swing

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

• 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)

External links

• SWR Big Band home page
• Hänssler Verlag
• Hänssler CD 93.203