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Let Freedom Swing / Toshiko Akiyoshi & The Swr Big Band

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Details

Composer
AKIYOSHI, TOSHIKO
Artist
Swr Big Band, Akiyoshi
Format
CD
Label
SWR
Released
Feb 14, 2008
Catalog #
93203
UPC
4010276020424

About

The orchestra leader, composer, arranger and pianist of world renown recorded 13 of her own pieces with the SWR Big Band, covering a broad spectrum from bebop powerplay to soft yearning ballads. Akiyoshi's compositional style is unmistakable. She mixes bebop, & big band jazz with Japanese elements of music. In May 2007 she had her first opportunity to work with the SWR Big Band.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Drum Conference (3rd Movement) 13:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    Drum Conference (3rd Movement)
    Duration
    13:28
    Composer
    Toshiko Akiyoshi
  3. 2 Repose 05:16
    Track
    2
    Title
    Repose
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Toshiko Akiyoshi
  4. 3 Harlequin's Tear 07:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    Harlequin's Tear
    Duration
    07:16
    Composer
    Toshiko Akiyoshi
  5. 4 Kogun 08:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    Kogun
    Duration
    08:10
    Composer
    Toshiko Akiyoshi
  6. 5 Feast in Milano 08:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    Feast in Milano
    Duration
    08:15
    Composer
    Toshiko Akiyoshi
  7. 6 Let Freedom Swing 09:42
    Track
    6
    Title
    Let Freedom Swing
    Duration
    09:42
    Composer
    Toshiko Akiyoshi
  8. Disc 2
  9. 1 Lady Liberty 07:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    Lady Liberty
    Duration
    07:24
    Composer
    Toshiko Akiyoshi
  10. 2 Pollination 13:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    Pollination
    Duration
    13:08
    Composer
    Toshiko Akiyoshi
  11. 3 I Know Who Loves You 05:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    I Know Who Loves You
    Duration
    05:48
    Composer
    Toshiko Akiyoshi
  12. 4 Warning! 05:48
    Track
    4
    Title
    Warning!
    Duration
    05:48
    Composer
    Toshiko Akiyoshi
  13. 5 Song for the Harvest 07:24
    Track
    5
    Title
    Song for the Harvest
    Duration
    07:24
    Composer
    Toshiko Akiyoshi
  14. 6 Epilogue: Hope 04:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    Epilogue: Hope
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Toshiko Akiyoshi
  15. 7 Harlequin's Tear Live! 07:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    Harlequin's Tear Live!
    Duration
    07:35
    Composer
    Toshiko Akiyoshi