Freedom Is Peace

Freedom Is Peace
Live album by Roberto Magris
Released	2024 (2024)
Recorded	25 April 2024
Venue	European Capital of Culture 2024, Bad Ischl, Salzkammergut, Bad Goisern, Austria
Genre	Jazz
Length	75:50
Label	JMood JM-26
Producer	Roberto Magris
Roberto Magris chronology
Love Is Passing Thru (2024) Freedom Is Peace (2024)

Freedom Is Peace is an album by jazz pianist Roberto Magris and his Europlane for Jazz ensemble, released on the JMood label in 2024. In 1998 Magris formed his Europlane band, including musicians from different Central European countries, which recorded several albums and performed actively throughout Europe until 2003. More than twenty years later, the pianist assembles a new Europlane group for this special reunion, recorded live in Austria as part of the celebrations of European Capital of Culture in Bad Ischl and the Salzkammergut region. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz (Blanco)	[6]
All About Jazz (Bowers)	[7]
Concerto	[8]
Kathodic	[9]
Sk.jazz	[10]

The All About Jazz review by Edward Blanco awarded the album 4 stars and simply states: "a powerful and captivating session of jazz with a soul-searching social conscious message reflective of the turbulent times we live in today and affirming that jazz can be a political statement which this album is designed to do gracefully." ^[6] The All About Jazz review by Jack Bowers awarded the album 4 stars and simply states: "As before, snugly swinging bop-centered jazz is the order of the day; and as before, Magris heads an all- star lineup of world-class musicians from half a dozen European countries. When summing up, the phrase "worth waiting for" springs to mind, and the hope is that another two decades will not pass before Magris and his superlative sextet are heard from again." ^[7] Jazz Hot remarked, "Everything seems simple and direct like the title of the album Freedom Is Peace." ^[11]

Track listing

Freedom Is Peace track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Freedom Is Peace"	8:52
2.	"The Island of Nowhere"	6:56
3.	"Malay Tone Poem"	9:17
4.	"Laverne"	9:15
5.	"Something to Save from EU (You)"	12:18
6.	"When You Touch Me"	12:45
7.	"Loose Fit"	7:02
8.	"Hip! for the Conference"	9:09
Total length:		75:34

Personnel

Musicians

• Lukáš Oravec – trumpet and flugelhorn
• Florian Bramböck – alto sax and baritone sax
• Tony Lakatos – tenor sax and soprano sax
• Roberto Magris – piano and arrangement
• Rudi Engel – bass
• Gašper Bertoncelj – drums

Production

• A recording by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (Radio Österreich 1)
• Philipp Weismann (ORF) – producer
• Paul Collins – executive producer
• Alois Hummer (ORF) – engineering
• Abe Goldstien – design

References

1. "Roberto Magris 'Europlane for Jazz' in Bad Goisern, Austria". UK Jazz News. 7 May 2024.
2. "Roberto Magris: Freedom Is Peace". JazzWeek . November 2024.
3. "Roberto Magris: Freedom Is Peace". All About Jazz .
4. "Roberto Magris: Freedom Is Peace". JMood Records.
5. "Roberto Magris: Freedom Is Peace". Jazz Music Archives.
6. Edward Blanco (14 January 2025). "Roberto Magris: Freedom Is Peace". All About Jazz .
7. Jack Bowers (16 February 2025). "Roberto Magris: Freedom Is Peace". All About Jazz .
8. Ernst Weiss (June 2024). "Roberto Magris: Freedom Is Peace". Concerto (in German). No. 6. p. 58.
9. Vittorio Lo Conte (4 January 2025). "Roberto Magris: Freedom Is Peace". Kathodic (in Italian).
10. Jan Graus (28 January 2025). "Roberto Magris: Freedom Is Peace". Sk.jazz (in Slovak).
11. Sportis, Yves. "Roberto Magris / Europlane for Jazz". Jazz Hot . Retrieved 15 May 2025.