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 page Hänssler Verlag Hänssler CD 93.203