Freedom Day

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Freedom Day is a jazz composition by drummer Max Roach, best known as a central movement of his civil-rights-themed album "We Insist! Freedom Now Suite."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz composition
song
associatedWith civil rights movement in the United States
associatedWork We Insist! Freedom Now Suite
composer Max Roach
countryOfOrigin United States
decadeOfRelease 1960s
featuredInstrument bass
drums
tenor saxophone
trombone
trumpet
vocals
firstReleaseAlbum We Insist! Freedom Now Suite
genre jazz
hasForm small-ensemble jazz
hasMusicalFeature ensemble improvisation
expressive vocal delivery
intense rhythmic drive
prominent drum performance
hasReception critically acclaimed as part of We Insist! Freedom Now Suite
hasTopic African-American civil rights movement
freedom
racial equality
language English
lyricist Oscar Brown Jr.
movementNumber central movement
notableFor central movement of We Insist! Freedom Now Suite
role in civil-rights-themed jazz
originalMedium vinyl record
partOf We Insist! Freedom Now Suite
performer Abbey Lincoln
Booker Little
Coleman Hawkins
James Schenck
Julian Priester
Max Roach
Michael Olatunji
Walter Benton
primaryArtist Max Roach
producer Nat Hentoff
recordLabel Candid Records
subgenre avant-garde jazz
political jazz
theme civil rights
vocalist Abbey Lincoln

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