The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra

The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra
Live album by Charlie Haden
Released	1999
Recorded	July 8, 1989
Genre	Jazz
Length	76:21
Label	Verve
Producer	Ruth Cameron
Charlie Haden chronology
The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian (1989) The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (1989) Dream Keeper (1990)
Liberation Music Orchestra chronology
The Ballad of the Fallen (1983) The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (1989) Dream Keeper (1990)

The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra is a live album by the American jazz bassist Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra recorded in 1989 at the Montreal International Jazz Festival and released on the Verve label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Don Snowden awarded the album 4 stars stating "Can't say this is the pick of the group's discs or even of Haden's The Montreal Tapes series, but the musicians play up to the occasion (Geri Allen, in particular, shines) and man, that version of "We Shall Overcome..."".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Haden except as indicated

1. "La Pasionaria" - 24:00
2. "Silence" - 6:24
3. "Sandino" - 8:37
4. "We Shall Overcome" (Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, Zilphia Horton, Pete Seeger) - 37:20

• Recorded at the Festival de Jazz de Montreal in Canada on July 8, 1989

Personnel

• Charlie Haden – bass
• Ken McIntyre - alto saxophone
• Ernie Watts, Joe Lovano - tenor saxophone
• Stanton Davis, Tom Harrell - trumpet
• Ray Anderson - trombone
• Sharon Freeman - French horn
• Joe Daley - tuba
• Mick Goodrick - guitar
• Geri Allen - piano
• Paul Motian - drums

References