The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra is a live album by the American jazz bassist Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra recorded in 1989 at the Montreal International Jazz Festival and released on the Verve label.Discogs album entry accessed December 6, 2011
Reception The AllMusic review by Don Snowden awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Can't say this is the pick of the group's discs or even of Haden's The Montreal Tapes series, but the musicians play up to the occasion (Geri Allen, in particular, shines) and man, that version of "We Shall Overcome..."".Snowden, D. AllMusic review accessed December 6, 2011
Track listing All compositions by Charlie Haden except as indicated "La Pasionaria" - 24:00 "Silence" - 6:24 "Sandino" - 8:37 "We Shall Overcome" (Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, Zilphia Horton, Pete Seeger) - 37:20 Recorded at the Festival de Jazz de Montreal in Canada on July 8, 1989
Personnel Charlie Haden – bass Ken McIntyre - alto saxophone Ernie Watts, Joe Lovano - tenor saxophone Stanton Davis, Tom Harrell - trumpet Ray Anderson - trombone Sharon Freeman - French horn Joe Daley - tuba Mick Goodrick - guitar Geri Allen - piano Paul Motian - drums
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