Let Freedom Swing

Let Freedom Swing is a big band jazz album recorded by the SWR Big Band with Toshiko Akiyoshi as guest pianist/conductor. The album was released as a 2 disk CD in February 2008 by Hänssler Verlag in Germany and includes performances of 12 Akiyoshi compositions.

Track listing
All songs composed and arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi:
 * 1) "Drum Conference" (3rd movement) – 13:28
 * 2) "Repose" – 5:16
 * 3) "Harlequin's Tear" – 7:16
 * 4) "Kogun" – 8:10
 * 5) "Feast in Milano" – 8:15
 * 6) "Let Freedom Swing" – 9:42
 * 7) "Lady Liberty" – 7:24
 * 8) "Pollination" – 13:08
 * 9) "I Know Who Loves You" – 5:48
 * 10) "Warning! Success May Be Hazardous to Your Health" – 5:48
 * 11) "Song For The Harvest" – 7:24
 * 12) "Epilogue: Hope" – 4:50
 * 13) "Harlequin's Tear" (live bonus track) – 7:35

Personnel

 * Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
 * Decebal Badila – bass
 * Holger Nell – drums
 * Farouk Gomati – percussion
 * Klaus Graf – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone
 * Axel Kühn – alto saxophone, flute, soprano saxophone
 * Andreas Maile – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone
 * Jörg Kaufmann – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo flute
 * Pierre Paquette – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
 * Karl Farrent – trumpet
 * Claus Reichstaller – trumpet
 * Frank Wellert – trumpet
 * Felice Civitareale – trumpet
 * Rudolf Reindl – trumpet
 * Marc Godfroid – trombone
 * Ian Cumming – trombone
 * Ernst Hutter – trombone
 * Georg Maus – trombone
 * Dagmar Claus – speaker (on track 6, Let Freedom Swing)