Freedom Day
Context
Piece from the suite We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite, recorded in New York in 1960 under the direction of Max Roach, with Abbey Lincoln on vocals. It is credited to Max Roach and Oscar Brown. The album, released on Candid in January 1961, entered the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2022.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Free jazz, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Free jazz: Tristano School, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.