Stéphane Kerecki - Liberation Songs (2025) [Hi-Res]

The French double bassist Stéphane Kerecki, known for his albums like Sound Architects and Out Of The Silence, his work with Daniel Humair, and his poignant 2011 duo Patience with the late John Taylor, has released the album Liberation Songs. This project pays tribute to his distinguished peer, Charlie Haden, specifically celebrating the repertoire of Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, and focuses on performing protest songs for freedom and human rights. For the recording, Kerecki assembled a high-calibre ensemble of his closest partners, including pianist Enzo Carniel, Thomas Savy, Federico Casagrande, Fabrice Moreau, with special guests Émile Parisien and Airelle Besson. The album, hailed as a "landmark record," is noted for its soulful interpretation, collective hypersensitivity, and a militant scope necessary in the current climate of hateful extremism. The reviewer concludes that Liberation Songs is a moving "hymn of freedom and love," serving as a masterful demonstration of living jazz music.

Tracklist:
1. Airelle Besson - We Shall Overcome Intro
2. Stéphane Kerecki - Spiritual
3. Stéphane Kerecki - La Pasionaria
4. Stéphane Kerecki - Song of the United Front
5. Stéphane Kerecki - Sandino
6. Stéphane Kerecki - Silence
7. Stéphane Kerecki - Song for Che
8. Stéphane Kerecki - Throughout
9. Stéphane Kerecki - The People United Will Never be Defeated
10. Stéphane Kerecki - War Orphans
11. Stéphane Kerecki - We Shall Overcome