Freedom Together!
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{{Infobox album
| name = Freedom Together!
| type = Studio
| artist = Jaki Byard
| cover = Freedom Together!.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1966
| recorded = January 11, 1966
| venue =
| studio = RLA Sound, NYC
| genre = Jazz
| length = 39:31
| label = Prestige
PR 7463
| producer = Don Schlitten
| chronology = Jaki Byard
| prev_title = The Last from Lennie's
| prev_year = 1965
| next_title = On the Spot!
| next_year = 1967
}}
Freedom Together! is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1966 and released on the Prestige label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7400-series/#pr-7463 Prestige Records discography.] Accessed July 26, 2012.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = Down Beat
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 35
}}
|rev4 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev4score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=208}}
}}
In a contemporary review, Down Beat gave the album 4 stars, and commented on the balance between freedom and structure in the performances: "The title track is a most eloquent refutation of the avant-garde illiterates, while being an object lesson in how to attain the highest form of personal musical freedom.""Jaki Byard" Down Beat, p. 75 (Volume 34; 1967) Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "This is a particularly unusual and colorful set, for Byard not only plays piano, but makes appearances on celeste, electric piano, vibes, drums and tenor sax... Byard is in excellent form".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/freedom-together%21-mw0000032380 Allmusic Review], accessed July 26, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by Jaki Byard except as noted
- "Freedom Together" – 11:29
- "Getting to Know You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 4:54
- "Ode to Prez" – 3:21
- "Nocturne for Contrabass" – 6:00
- "Just You, Just Me" (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) – 5:18
- "Night Leaves" – 6:22
- "Young at Heart" (Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards) – 2:07
Personnel
- Jaki Byard – piano, electric piano, celeste, vibraphone, tenor saxophone, drums
- Richard Davis – bass, cello
- Alan Dawson – drums, vibraphone, timpani
- Junior Parker – vocals (tracks 2 & 6)