The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra

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The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra
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Live album by
ReleasedApril 1999
RecordedJuly 8, 1989
VenueQuebec, Canada
Genre Jazz
Length76:21
Label Verve
Producer Ruth Cameron
Charlie Haden chronology
None but the Lonely Heart
(1998)
The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra
(1999)
The Art of the Song
(1999)
Liberation Music Orchestra chronology
Dream Keeper
(1990)
The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra
(1999)
Not in Our Name
(2005)

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. [1]

Contents

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..."". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Haden except as indicated
  1. "La Pasionaria" - 24:00
  2. "Silence" - 6:24
  3. "Sandino" - 8:37
  4. "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

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References

  1. Discogs album entry accessed December 6, 2011
  2. 1 2 Snowden, D. Allmusic Review accessed December 6, 2011