Freedom Together!
Freedom Together! | ||||
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Studio album by Jaki Byard | ||||
Released | 1966 | |||
Recorded | January 11, 1966 | |||
Studio | RLA Sound, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 39:31 | |||
Label | Prestige PR 7463 | |||
Producer | Don Schlitten | |||
Jaki Byard chronology | ||||
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Freedom Together! is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1966 and released on the Prestige label.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Down Beat | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
In a contemporary review, Down Beat gave the album 4 stars, and commented on the balance between freedom and structure in the performances: "The title track is a most eloquent refutation of the avant-garde illiterates, while being an object lesson in how to attain the highest form of personal musical freedom."[3] Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "This is a particularly unusual and colorful set, for Byard not only plays piano, but makes appearances on celeste, electric piano, vibes, drums and tenor sax... Byard is in excellent form".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Jaki Byard except as noted
- "Freedom Together" – 11:29
- "Getting to Know You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 4:54
- "Ode to Prez" – 3:21
- "Nocturne for Contrabass" – 6:00
- "Just You, Just Me" (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) – 5:18
- "Night Leaves" – 6:22
- "Young at Heart" (Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards) – 2:07
Personnel
- Jaki Byard – piano, electric piano, celeste, vibraphone, tenor saxophone, drums
- Richard Davis – bass, cello
- Alan Dawson – drums, vibraphone, timpani
- Junior Parker – vocals (tracks 2 & 6)
References
- ^ Prestige Records discography. Accessed July 26, 2012.
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed July 26, 2012
- ^ a b "Jaki Byard" Down Beat, p. 75 (Volume 34; 1967)
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 35. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- v
- t
- e
or
co-leader
- Here's Jaki (1961)
- Hi-Fly (1962)
- Out Front! (1964)
- Jaki Byard Quartet Live! (1965)
- The Last from Lennie's (1965 [2003])
- Freedom Together! (1966)
- On the Spot! (1967)
- Sunshine of My Soul (1967)
- Jaki Byard with Strings! (1968)
- The Jaki Byard Experience (1968)
- Live at the Jazz'Inn (1971)
- Duet! (1972)
- Family Man (1978)
- Improvisations (1981)
- The Magic of 2 (1982 [2013])
- Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1984)
- Phantasies (1984)
- Phantasies II (1988)
- Foolin' Myself (1988)
- The Changes of Life (1996)
- This Happening (1997)
- Night Leaves (1997)
- July in Paris (1998)
piano
- Blues for Smoke (1960 [1988])
- Solo Piano (1969)
- Parisian Solos (1971)
- The Entertainer (1972)
- There'll Be Some Changes Made (1972)
- Flight of the Fly (1976)
- Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner (1978 [2007])
- A Matter of Black and White (1978–79 [2011])
- The Late Show: An Evening with Jaki Byard (1979 [2014])
- To Them – To Us (1982)
- Jaki Byard at Maybeck (1991)
Charles
Mingus
- The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962)
- The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
- Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)
- Town Hall Concert (1964)
- The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964)
- Mingus at Monterey (1964)
- Astral Weeks (1964)
- Cornell 1964 (1964)
- Revenge! (1964)
- Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (1970)
- Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970)
others
- Live in '65 (Art Blakey DVD, 1965)
- Body and Soul (Al Cohn & Zoot Sims, 1973)
- Double Exposure (Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson), 196061)
- Far Cry (Eric Dolphy, 1961)
- Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1961)
- How Time Passes (Don Ellis, 1960)
- New Ideas (Don Ellis, 1961)
- The Freedom Book (Booker Ervin, 1963)
- The Space Book (Booker Ervin, 1964)
- Groovin' High (Booker Ervin, 1963–64)
- The Trance (Booker Ervin, 1965)
- Setting the Pace (Dexter Gordon & Booker Ervin, 1965)
- Heavy!!! (Booker Ervin, 1966)
- Newport Suite (Maynard Ferguson, 1960)
- Let's Face the Music and Dance (Maynard Ferguson, 1960)
- Maynard '61 (Maynard Ferguson, 1960–61)
- Two's Company (Maynard Ferguson and Chris Connor, 1960–61)
- "Straightaway" Jazz Themes (Maynard Ferguson, 1961)
- Maynard '64 (Maynard Ferguson, 1961)
- Manhattan Plaza (Ricky Ford, 1978)
- Manhattan Blues (Ricky Ford, 1989)
- Ebony Rhapsody (Ricky Ford, 1990)
- American-African Blues (Ricky Ford, 1991)
- Honi Gordon Sings (Honi Gordon, 1962)
- Smackwater Jack (Quincy Jones, 1971)
- Five on Eight (Rufus "Speedy" Jones, 1964)
- Dr. Chicago (Clifford Jordan, 1984)
- Rip, Rig and Panic (Roland Kirk, 1965)
- Here Comes the Whistleman (Roland Kirk, 1966)
- Grits & Gravy (Eric Kloss, 1966)
- Sky Shadows (Eric Kloss, 1968)
- In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969)
- Involution (Michael Marcus, 1998)
- Charlie Mariano with His Jazz Group (Charlie Mariano, 1950)
- Modern Saxophone Stylings of Charlie Mariano (Charlie Mariano, 1951)
- Year of the Iron Sheep (Ken McIntyre, 1962)
- Home (Ken McIntyre, 1975)
- Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988)
- Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2, 1988)
- Body and Soul (Ray Nance, 1969)
- Life Is a Many Splendored Gig (Herb Pomeroy, 1957)
- "In" Jazz for the Culture Set (Dannie Richmond, 1965)
- Fuchsia Swing Song (Sam Rivers, 1964)
- Rhythm Is Our Business (Jordan Sandke, 1985)
- Lady Bird (Archie Shepp, 1978)
- Amarcord Nino Rota (Hal Willner, 1981)
- Musique du Bois (Phil Woods, 1974)