The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra

The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra
The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra
Live album by Charlie Haden
Released	April 1999
Recorded	July 8, 1989
Venue	Quebec, Canada
Genre	Jazz
Length	76:21
Label	Verve
Producer	Ruth Cameron
Charlie Haden chronology
Liberation Music Orchestra chronology

Last updated January 02, 2026

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]

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
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

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

References

↑ Discogs album entry accessed December 6, 2011
1 2 Snowden, D. AllMusic review accessed December 6, 2011

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[Allmusic-2] 1 2 Snowden, D. AllMusic review accessed December 6, 2011

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v t e Charlie Haden
Studio albums	As Long as There's Music (1978) Closeness (1976) The Golden Number (1977) Gitane (1978) Mágico (1980) Folk Songs (1981) Etudes (1988) Silence (1989) Dialogues (1990) First Song (1992) Steal Away (1995) Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) (1997) None But the Lonely Heart (1997) Nocturne (2001) American Dreams (2002) Nightfall (2004) Land of the Sun (2004) Heartplay (2006) Come Sunday (2012)
Live albums	Time Remembers One Time Once (1981) The Montreal Tapes: with Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell (1994) The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian (1994) Night and the City (1996) The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (1997) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (1997) The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (1997) In Montreal (2001) The Montreal Tapes: Tribute to Joe Henderson (2003) Long Ago and Far Away (2007) Mágico: Carta de Amor (2012) Tokyo Adagio (2015)
Liberation Music Orchestra albums	Liberation Music Orchestra (1970) The Ballad of the Fallen (1983) Dream Keeper (1990) Not in Our Name (2005) Time/Life (2016)
Old and New Dreams albums	Old and New Dreams (1977) Old and New Dreams (1979) Playing (1981) A Tribute to Blackwell (1990)
Quartet West albums	Quartet West (1987) In Angel City (1988) Haunted Heart (1992) Always Say Goodbye (1994) Now Is the Hour (1996) The Art of the Song (1999) The Private Collection (2007) Sophisticated Ladies (2010)
Related articles	Discography Josh Haden Spain [band] The Blue Moods of Spain Petra Haden Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out Rachel Haden Tanya Haden Let's Go Sailing The Haden Triplets

v t e Geri Allen
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	The Printmakers (1984) Home Grown (1985) Open on All Sides in the Middle (1986) In the Year of the Dragon (1989) Segments (1989) Twylight (1989) Live at the Village Vanguard (1990) The Nurturer (1990) Maroons (1992) Twenty One (1994) Eyes in the Back of Your Head (1995–96) Some Aspects of Water (1996) The Gathering (1998) The Life of a Song (2004) Timeless Portraits and Dreams (2006) Flying Toward the Sound (2008) Geri Allen & Timeline Live (2009) A Child Is Born (2011) Grand River Crossings (2012) A Lovesome Thing (2012)
With Oliver Lake	Expandable Language (1984) Otherside (1988) Talkin' Stick (1997) At This Time (2008)
With others	Movies (Franco Ambrosetti, 1986) Movies Too (Franco Ambrosetti, 1988) The Collective (Cecil Brooks III, 1989) Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1989) Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990) Feed the Fire (Betty Carter, 1993) Sound Museum: Hidden Man (Ornette Coleman, 1996) Sound Museum: Three Women (Ornette Coleman, 1996) Motherland Pulse (Steve Coleman, 1985) Flute Talk (Buddy Collette, 1988) Etudes (Charlie Haden, 1987) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Charlie Haden, 1989) The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Charlie Haden, 1989) Reflections in Change (Craig Handy, 1999) Lift Every Voice (Charles Lloyd, 2002) Jumping the Creek (Charles Lloyd, 2004) Decision in Paradise (Frank Lowe, 1984) Monk in Motian (Paul Motian, 1988) Mindgames (Greg Osby, 1988) Living on the Edge (Dewey Redman, 1989) Crunchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993) Munchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993) Bemsha Swing (Woody Shaw, 1986) By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas, 1989)

v t e Ken McIntyre
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Stone Blues (1960) Looking Ahead (and Eric Dolphy, 1960) Year of the Iron Sheep (1962) Hindsight (1974) Home (1975) Open Horizon (1975) Introducing the Vibrations (1976) Chasing the Sun (1978)
With others	Don't Look Back (Nat Adderley, 1976) Honi Gordon Sings (1962) The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Charlie Haden, 1989) Dream Keeper (Charlie Haden, 1990) Unit Structures (Cecil Taylor, 1966)

v t e Paul Motian
Albums	Conception Vessel (1972) Tribute (1974) Dance (1977) Le Voyage (1979) Psalm (1981) The Story of Maryam (1983) It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (1984) Jack of Clubs (1984) Misterioso (1986) One Time Out (1987) Monk in Motian (1988) On Broadway Volume 1 (1988) On Broadway Volume 2 (1989) Bill Evans (1990) Motian in Tokyo (1991) On Broadway Volume 3 (1991) Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band (1992) Trioism (1993) Reincarnation of a Love Bird (1994) At the Village Vanguard (1995) Sound of Love (1995) Flight of the Blue Jay (1996) Trio 2000 + One (1997) Play Monk and Powell (1998) Europe (2000) Holiday for Strings (2001) Garden of Eden (2004) I Have the Room Above Her (2004) On Broadway Vol. 4 or The Paradox of Continuity (2005) Live at the Village Vanguard (2006) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. II (2006) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III (2006) Time and Time Again (2006) On Broadway Volume 5 (2008) Lost in a Dream (2009) The Windmills of Your Mind (2010)
Tethered Moon	(Masabumi Kikuchi, Paul Motian and Gary Peacock) First Meeting (1990–91) Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill (1994) Chansons d'Édith Piaf (1999) Experiencing Tosca (2002)
Trio	(Geri Allen, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian) Etudes (1987) In the Year of the Dragon (1989) Segments (1989) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Haden, 1989) Live at the Village Vanguard (1990)
Discography

The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra

Contents

Reception

Track listing

Personnel

References