Freedom Song (Oscar Peterson album)

Freedom Song
Live album by Oscar Peterson
Released	1982 (1982)
Recorded	February 20–21, 1982
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:23
Label	Pablo
Producer	Norman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
Ain't But a Few of Us Left (1981) Freedom Song (1982) Face to Face (1982)

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Allmusic	[1]

Freedom Song is a 1982 live album by Oscar Peterson, recorded in Japan.^[2]

Track listing

1. "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 6:41
2. Medley: "Watch What Happens"/"Waltz for Debby" (Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand)/(Bill Evans, Gene Lees) – 8:43
3. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 5:42
4. "Move" (Denzil Best) – 4:03
5. Medley: "Hymn to Freedom"/"The Fallen Warrior" (Oscar Peterson)/(Peterson) – 10:34
6. "Sweet Lorraine" (Carter Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 7:17
7. "You Look Good to Me" (Seymour Lefco, Clement Wells) – 6:27
8. "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) – 8:15
9. "Future Child" (Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen) – 1:51
10. "Mississauga Rattler" (Peterson) – 7:45
11. "Nigerian Marketplace" (Peterson) – 7:12
12. Medley: "Emily"/"Tenderly" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer)/(Walter Gross Jack Lawrence) – 11:28
13. "Night Child" (Peterson) – 10:51
14. "The Cakewalk" (Peterson) – 6:25

Personnel

Performance

• Martin Drew – drums
• Joe Pass – guitar
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass
• Oscar Peterson – piano

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