''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)

External links

SWR Big Band home pageHänssler Verlag
*Hänssler CD 93.203 Toshiko Akiyoshi albums 2008 albums {{2000s-jazz-album-stub