January 20, 2009: The Jazz Cadence of American Life
Submitted by ryab on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 06:36
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- Coltrane, John - Giant Steps
- Performers: John Coltrane/Tommy Flanagan/Paul Chambers/Art Taylor
- McLean, Jackie - Let Freedom Ring
- Performers: Jackie McLean/Walter Davis Jr./Herbie Lewis/Bill Higgins
- Roach, Max - We Insist! Freedom Now Suite
- Performers: Max Roach/Booker Little/Julian Priester/Walter Benton/Coleman Hawkins/James Schenck/Abbey Lincoln/Michael Olatunji/Tomas DuVall/Raymond Mantilla
- Blakey, Art - Freedom Rider
- Performers: Art Blakey/Lee Morgan/Wayne Shorter/Bobby Timmons/Walter Davis Jr./Jymie Merritt
- Ibrahim, Abdullah - The Journey
- Performers: Abdullah Ibrahim/Carlos Ward/Hamiet Bluiett/Don Cherry/Talib Rhynie/Johnny Dyani/Claude Jones/John Betsch/Roy Brooks
- Smith, Lonnie - Turning Point
- Performers: Lonnie Smith/Lee Morgan/Julian Priester/Melvin Sparks/Bennie Maupin/Leo Morris
- Coleman, Ornette - The Shape Of Jazz To Come
- Performers: Ornette Coleman/Don Cherry/Charlie Haden/Billy Higgins
- Mingus, Charles - Changes One
- Performers: Charles Mingus/Jack Walrath/Don Pullen/George Adams/Dannie Richmond
- Mingus, Charles - Changes Two
- Performers: Charles Mingus/Jack Walrath/Marcus Belgrave/Don Pullen/George Adams/Jackie Paris/Dannie Richmond
- Pullen, Don - New Beginnings
- Performers: Don Pullen/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette
- Simone, Nina - Wild is the Wind
- Performers: Nina Simone/Horace Ott/Rudy Stevenson/King Curtis/Al Shackman/Hal Mooney/Orchestra/Lisle Atkinson/Bobby Hamilton
- Blakey, Art - Free for All
- Performers: Art Blakey/Freddie Hubbard/Wayne Shorter/Curtis Fuller/Cedar Walton/Reggie Workman
- Coleman, Ornette - Free Jazz (A Collective Improvisation)
- Performers: Ornette Coleman/Don Cherry/Freddie Hubbard/Eric Dolphy/Charlie Haden/Scott LaFaro/Ed Blackwell/Billy Higgins
- Rollins, Sonny - Freedom Suite
- Performers: Sonny Rollins/Oscar Pettiford/Max Roach
- Ervin, Booker - The Freedom Book
- Performers: Booker Ervin/Jaki Byard/Richard Davis/Alan Dawson
- Haden, Charlie - Liberation Music Orchestra
- Performers: Charlie Haden/Perry Robinson/Gato Barbieri/Dewey Redman/Don Cherry/Mike Mantler/Roswell Rudd/Bob Northern/Howard Johnson/Sam Brown/Carla Bley/Paul Motian/Andrew Cyrille
- Coltrane, John - A Love Supreme
- Performers: John Coltrane/McCoy Tyner/Jimmy Garrison/Elvin Jones
Jan. 20, '09
I dedicate this 'freedom agenda' to the many who have struggled, and continue to struggle to bring the 'jazz cadence of American life' into full and proper fruition.