Celebrate Freedom

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Celebrate Freedom
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Studio album by
Released1984
Label Sparrow Records
Producer Lari Goss, Phil Driscoll
Phil Driscoll chronology
I Exalt Thee
(1983)
Celebrate Freedom
(1984)
Power of Praise
(1985)

Celebrate Freedom is a 1984 album by virtuoso trumpeter and singer Phil Driscoll. It is an inspirational album of patriotic songs. The album won the 1985 GMA Dove Award for Instrumental Album of the Year. [1] The 1984 release was on LP, and the album was released on cassette and CD in the 1990s.

Contents

Cross Rhythms ' review of the album stated that "On Celebrate Freedom Phil puts down some vocals as well as his already well established 'Miles Davis eat your heart out' trumpet style." The UK publication also noted Driscoll's "Joe Cocker-ish approach to blue-eyed soul singing". [2]

Track listing

  1. "The Star-Spangled Banner" - 2:29
  2. "America the Beautiful" - 4:07
  3. "Battle Hymn of the Republic" - 6:36
  4. "Statue of Liberty" (Neil Enole) - 6:22
  5. "God of Our Fathers" - 6:00
  6. "I Love America" (Driscoll) - 3:10
  7. "We Are His People" (Driscoll) - 6:02
  8. "Land of the Free" (Driscoll) - 4:00
  9. "America" (Driscoll) - 4:04
  10. "E Pluribus Unum" (Driscoll) - 7:11

Personnel

Production

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