Let Freedom Swing
Jazz @ Lincoln Center
Rose Hall
NY
Broadcast date: 2007-06-29

Lineage: fm>SoundBlaster>wav>flac


Let Freedom Swing —Morgan Freeman and Glenn Close join the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis to honor social justice and swing. The thespians bring the words of Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, and Lyndon Baines Johnson to life with music by Zim Ngqawana, Darius Brubeck, and Jimmy Heath. Composer Darin Atwater and actor Keith David premiere "Day of Affirmation," in memory of Robert F. Kennedy.

Announcer 1:56
(Ngqawana & Brubeck - Words by Mandela & Ngqawana read by Morgan Freeman) 14:15

Announcer 1:35
Day of Affirmation (Atwater - Words by RFK read by Keith David) 16:03

Announcer 1:03
The American Promise (Heath - words by LBJ - read by Glenn Close) 12:56

Announcer 0:31
Universal Human Rights Declaration (Akioshi - words by Patricia Clarkson) 4:37
Outro 1:22

Total Time: 54:22