Freedom Song (Oscar Peterson album)

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Freedom Song
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Live album by
Oscar Peterson
Released1983 (1983)
RecordedFebruary 20–21, 1982
Genre Jazz
Length43:23
Label Pablo
Producer Norman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
Ain't But a Few of Us Left
(1981)		Freedom Song
(1983)		 Face to Face
(1982)
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Freedom Song is a 1982 live album by Oscar Peterson, recorded in Japan. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 6:41
  2. Medley: "Watch What Happens"/"Waltz for Debby" (Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand)/(Bill Evans, Gene Lees) – 8:43
  3. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 5:42
  4. "Move" (Denzil Best) – 4:03
  5. Medley: "Hymn to Freedom"/"The Fallen Warrior" (Oscar Peterson)/(Peterson) – 10:34
  6. "Sweet Lorraine" (Carter Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 7:17
  7. "You Look Good to Me" (Seymour Lefco, Clement Wells) – 6:27
  8. "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) – 8:15
  9. "Future Child" (Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen) – 1:51
  10. "Mississauga Rattler" (Peterson) – 7:45
  11. "Nigerian Marketplace" (Peterson) – 7:12
  12. Medley: "Emily"/"Tenderly" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer)/(Walter Gross Jack Lawrence) – 11:28
  13. "Night Child" (Peterson) – 10:51
  14. "The Cakewalk" (Peterson) – 6:25

Personnel

Performance

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References

  1. ↑ Freedom Song at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1155. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ Freedom Song at AllMusic
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