Research Catalog

Title

Let freedom swing, Oct. 29, 2004 [sound recording].

Author

Jazz at Lincoln Center (Organization)

Publication

Oct. 29, 2004.

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Additional Authors

• Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-
• Berger, David, 1949-
• Freeman, Morgan
• Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.
• Brubeck, Darius
• Havel, Václav
• Viklický, Emil
• Van Peebles, Mario
• Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
• Heath, Jimmy
• Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
• Close, Glenn, 1947-
• Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
• Akiyoshi, Toshiko, 1929-
• Clarkson, Patricia
• Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
• Atwater, Darin
• David, Keith
• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
• Childs, Billy
• Butts, Calvin O.
• Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. prf
• Jazz at Lincoln Center (Organization) dnr

Description

2 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Readings with jazz music of excerpts from writings of political figures (N. Mandela, L. Johnson, E. Roosevelt ... et al.) on freedom.

Subject

• Liberty
• Jazz

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs

Event (note)

• Recorded live, Oct. 29, 2004, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, New York City.

Source (note)

• Jazz at Lincoln Center;

Contents

CD 1. Audience (5:03) ; Announcement (5:52) ; Narration with jazz accompaniment / words by Nelson Mandela, music by Darius Brubeck, read by Morgan Freeman (12:31) ; Conclusion of narration (3:10) ; Narration with jazz accompaniment / words by Václav Havel, music by Emil Viklický, read by Mario Van Peebles and Alfre Woodard (22:40) ; Narration with jazz accompaniment / words by Lyndon Johnson, music by Jimmy Heath, read by Glenn Close (15:01) -- CD 2. Audience/Announcement (2:08) ; Narration with jazz accompaniment / words by Eleanor Roosevelt, music by Toshiko Akiyoshi, read by Patricia Clarkson (12:02) ; Narration with jazz accompaniment / words by Robert Kennedy, music by Darin Atwater, read by Keith David (18:19) ; Fierce urgency of now / words by Martin Luther King, Jr., music and piano by Billy Childs, read by Calvin O. Butts (14:41).

Call Number

*LDC 44254

OCLC

695458093

Author

Jazz at Lincoln Center (Organization)

Title

Let freedom swing, Oct. 29, 2004 [sound recording].

Imprint

Oct. 29, 2004.

Playing Time

010421 004711

Performer

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis ; David Berger, conductor ; Morgan Freeman, Mario Van Peebles, Alfre Woodard, Glenn Close, Patricia Clarkson, Keith David, Calvin Butts, narrators ; Billy Childs, piano.

Event

Recorded live, Oct. 29, 2004, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, New York City.

Original Version

Compact disc service copy, recorded at NYPL in Dec. 2008, from borrowed DAT masters lent by Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Source

Gift ; Jazz at Lincoln Center; 2008 NN-RHA

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Added Author

Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- Performer

Berger, David, 1949- Conductor

Freeman, Morgan, narrator.

Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013. Author

Brubeck, Darius. Composer

Havel, Václav. Author

Viklický, Emil. Composer

Van Peebles, Mario, narrator.

Woodard, Alfre, 1953- narrator.

Heath, Jimmy. Composer

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973. Author

Close, Glenn, 1947- narrator.

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. Author

Akiyoshi, Toshiko, 1929- Composer

Clarkson, Patricia, narrator.

Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968. Author

Atwater, Darin. Composer

David, Keith, narrator.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. Fierce urgency of now.

Childs, Billy. Composer. Performer

Butts, Calvin O., narrator.

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Performer

Jazz at Lincoln Center (Organization) Donor

Research Call Number

*LDC 44254