Akiyoshi, Toshiko - Let Freedom Swing

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The signature features of Toshiko Akiyoshi's compositional style are unmistakable. First of all, there is the rootedness in bebop, secondly the amalgamation of big band jazz with Japanese elements of music and thirdly the ingenious use of the woodwind section. In May 2007 she had her first opportunity to cooperate with the SWR Big Band. With untiring energy and rousing motivational power the orchestra leader, composer, arranger and pianist of world renown rehearsed 13 of her own pieces with the SWR Big Band, covering a broad spectrum from bebop powerplay to soft yearning ballads. These outstanding recordings extend the top-class jazz CD series of the SWR Big Band, which plays with great potential and, in this mutual giving and taking, once again gives proof of its international caliber.