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:	Free Jazz, 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 – Southwest Chamber Music, Golden Quartet* Soloist – John Lindberg, 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 Compassion 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 – Shalini Vijayan, 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 – Southwest Chamber Music, 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 – Southwest Chamber Music, 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 [Supported By] – Chamber Music America, Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, MAP Fund, National Endowment For The Arts, 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 – Dorothy Cotton, 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 – Pheeroan akLaff (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 2-1, 2-3, 3-4, 4-1 to 4-4), 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 – Lorenz Gamma (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-4, 3-2, 3-5, 4-5), 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 – Southwest Chamber Music, 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.