Wadada Leo Smith – Ten Freedom Summers

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Label:	Cuneiform Records – Rune 350/351/352/353
Format:	4 x CD , Album
Country:	US
Released:	2012
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Contemporary Jazz

Tracklist

1-1	Dred Scott: 1857 Ensemble – Golden Quintet*	11:11
1-2	Malik Al Shabazz And The People Of The Shahada Ensemble – Golden Quintet*	5:15
1-3	Emmett Till: Defiant, Fearless Ensemble – Golden Quartet* Soloist – Peter Jacobson	18:02
1-4	Thurgood Marshall And Brown Vs. Board Of Education: A Dream Of Equal Education, 1954 Ensemble – Golden Quintet*	16:06
1-5	John F. Kennedy's New Frontier And The Space Age, 1960 Ensemble – Golden Quartet*	22:12
2-1	Rosa Parks And The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 381 Days Ensemble – Golden Quartet*	12:43
2-2	Black Church Ensemble – Southwest Chamber Music	16:34
2-3	Freedom Summer: Voter Registration, Acts Of Comion And Empowerment, 1964 Ensemble – Golden Quintet*	12:32
2-4	Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society And The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 Ensemble – Southwest Chamber Music Soloist – Wadada Leo Smith	24:12
3-1	The Freedom Riders Ride Ensemble – Golden Quartet*	16:42
3-2	Medgar Evers: A Love-Voice Of A Thousand Years Journey For Liberty And Justice Ensemble – Southwest Chamber Music	10:23
3-3	The D.C. Wall: A War Memorial For All Times Ensemble – Golden Quartet*	12:18
3-4	Buzzsaw: The Myth Of A Free Press Ensemble – Golden Quartet*	15:02
3-5	The Little Rock Nine: A Force For Desegregation In Education, 1957 Ensemble – Golden Quartet*	13:50
4-1	America, Parts 1, 2 & 3 Ensemble – Golden Quartet*	14:14
4-2	September 11th, 2001: A Memorial Ensemble – Golden Quintet*	9:30
4-3	Fannie Lou Hamer And The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1964 Ensemble – Golden Quintet*	9:06
4-4	Democracy Ensemble – Golden Quintet*	14:30
4-5	Martin Luther King, Jr.: Memphis, The Prophecy Ensemble – Golden Quartet*	20:34

Companies, etc.

Copyright © – Wadada Leo Smith
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Cuneiform Records
Published By – Kiom Music Co.
Published By – A-Train Entertainment
Recorded At – Zipper Hall at The Colburn School
Edited At – Colourbox Studio, Ventura, CA
Mixed At – Colourbox Studio, Ventura, CA
Mastered At – G&J Audio
Manufactured By – Disc Makers – MWF1902
Manufactured By – Disc Makers – MWF1903
Manufactured By – Disc Makers – MWF1904
Manufactured By – Disc Makers – MWF1905

Credits

Commissioned By [ed By] – Southwest Chamber Music
Composed By [Music Composed By] – Wadada Leo Smith
Design [CD Package Design] – Bill Ellsworth
Drawing [Drawings By] – Lyn Horton
Engineer [Editing And Mixing Engineer] – Jeff Evens*
Engineer [Mastering Engineer] – Gene Paul
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Matthew Snyder
Liner Notes – Matthew Sumera
Mastered By [Mastering Assistant] – Jamie Polaski
Performer [Golden Quartet/Quintet], Bass – John Lindberg (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-1, 2-3, 3-1, 3-3 to 4-5)
Performer [Golden Quartet/Quintet], Drums – Susie Ibarra (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-3, 3-1, 3-3, 3-5, 4-2 to 4-5)
Performer [Golden Quartet/Quintet], Piano – Anthony Davis (2) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-1, 2-3, 3-1, 3-3 to 4-5)
Performer [Golden Quartet/Quintet], Trumpet – Wadada Leo Smith (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-1, 2-3, 3-1, 3-3 to 4-5)
Performer [Southwest Chamber Music], Bass – Tom Peters (6) (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Performer [Southwest Chamber Music], Cello – Peter Jacobson (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Performer [Southwest Chamber Music], Clarinet – Jim Foschia (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Performer [Southwest Chamber Music], Conductor – Jeff von der Schmidt (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Performer [Southwest Chamber Music], Flute – Larry Kaplan (2) (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Performer [Southwest Chamber Music], Harp – Alison Bjorkedal (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Performer [Southwest Chamber Music], Percussion – Lynn Vartan (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Performer [Southwest Chamber Music], Viola – Jan Karlin (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Performer [Southwest Chamber Music], Violin – Shalini Vijayan (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5)
Photography By [All Other Musician Photos] – Steve Gunther
Photography By [Front Cover Photo] – Warren K. Leffler
Photography By [Photo Of Pheeroan akLaff] – Dorothy Cowfield
Photography By [Photo Of Wadada Leo Smith] – Michael Jackson (10)
Producer, Executive-Producer – Wadada Leo Smith
Public Relations [Publicist] – Braithwaite & Katz Communications

Notes

Recorded at Zipper Hall, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA, November 4-6, 2011.
Recording engineer: Burbank, CA
Editing and mixing engineer: Colorbox Studios, Ventura, CA
Mastering engineer: G & J Audio, Union City, NJ
Mastering assistant: G & J Audio, Union City, NJ

Front cover photo: Civil rights march on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, U.S. News & World Report collection, LC-U9-10363-5.

Music published by Kiom Music ASCAP/A-Train Entertainment.

© 2012 Wadada Leo Smith
℗ 2012 Cuneiform Records
Made in the USA.