Freedom Suite

by Sonny Rollins

Freedom Suite cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Riverside
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 31:39
  • Community rating: 4.1/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Max Roach, Oscar Pettiford

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This album features a groundbreaking, 19-minute-long extended composition that is one of the earliest explicit political statements in jazz, connecting the struggles of African Americans to the broader fight for liberty.

Genres

Descriptors: saxophone, improvisation, long-form, powerful, dynamic

Tracklist

  1. The Freedom Suite (19:17)
  2. Someday I'll Find You (4:34)
  3. Will You Still Be Mine? (2:54)
  4. Till There Was You (4:54)

Credits

  • Sonny Rollins - primary artist, tenor saxophone, written-by
  • Oscar Pettiford - bass
  • Paul Bacon - design [cover]
  • Max Roach - drums
  • Sam Morse - engineer
  • Orrin Keepnews - liner notes, producer
  • Paul Weller - photography by [cover]
  • Bill Grauer - producer
  • No毛l Coward - written-by
  • Matt Dennis - written-by
  • Tom Adair - written-by
  • Meredith Willson - written-by
  • Al Dubin - written-by
  • Harry Warren - written-by

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