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 NERFINISHED
composer Max Roach NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decadeOfRelease 1960s
featuredInstrument bass
drums
tenor saxophone
trombone
trumpet
vocals
firstReleaseAlbum We Insist! Freedom Now Suite NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
freedom
racial equality
language English
lyricist Oscar Brown Jr. NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
performer Abbey Lincoln NERFINISHED
Booker Little NERFINISHED
Coleman Hawkins NERFINISHED
James Schenck NERFINISHED
Julian Priester NERFINISHED
Max Roach NERFINISHED
Michael Olatunji NERFINISHED
Walter Benton NERFINISHED
primaryArtist Max Roach NERFINISHED
producer Nat Hentoff NERFINISHED
recordLabel Candid Records NERFINISHED
subgenre avant-garde jazz
political jazz
theme civil rights
vocalist Abbey Lincoln NERFINISHED

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