Celebrate Freedom

Celebrate Freedom is a 1984 album by virtuoso trumpeter and singer Phil Driscoll. It is an inspirational album of patriotic songs. The album won the 1985 GMA Dove Award for Instrumental Album of the Year. The 1984 release was on LP, and the album was released on cassette and CD in the 1990s.

Cross Rhythms review of the album stated that "On Celebrate Freedom Phil puts down some vocals as well as his already well established 'Miles Davis eat your heart out' trumpet style." The UK publication also noted Driscoll's "Joe Cocker-ish approach to blue-eyed soul singing".

Track listing

"The Star-Spangled Banner" - 2:29

"America the Beautiful" - 4:07

"Battle Hymn of the Republic" - 6:36

"Statue of Liberty" (Neil Enole) - 6:22

"God of Our Fathers" - 6:00

"I Love America" (Driscoll) - 3:10

"We Are His People" (Driscoll) - 6:02

"Land of the Free" (Driscoll) - 4:00

"America" (Driscoll) - 4:04

"E Pluribus Unum" (Driscoll) - 7:11

Personnel

Phil Driscoll – vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn, arrangements

Lari Goss – keyboards, backing vocals

Harlan Rogers – keyboards, organ

Joe Hardy – guitars

Hadley Hockensmith – guitars

Ricky Keller – bass

Jim Keltner – drums

James Robertson – congas, timbales

London National Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra

Terry Blackwood – backing vocals

William C. Brown – backing vocals

Duncan Sisters – backing vocals

Roni Goss – backing vocals

Sharon Scott – backing vocals

Melodie Tunney – backing vocals

The Christ Missionary Baptist Church Choir – choir

Production

Phil Driscoll – producer, mixing

Lari Goss – producer, mixing

Joe Hardy – engineer, mixing

Mike Ross-Trevor – mixing

Richard Hollywood – mix assistant

Steve Hall – mastering

Ken Pennell – mastering

References

External links

Celebrate Freedom at AllMusic

Celebrate Freedom at iTunes

1984 albums

Phil Driscoll albums

Sparrow Records albums