| Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom | ||||
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| Studio album by Ted Nash Big Band | ||||
| Released | September 9, 2016 (2016-09-09) | |||
| Recorded | September 14, 2014 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, big band | |||
| Length | 58:38 | |||
| Label | Motéma | |||
| Ted Nash Big Band chronology | ||||
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Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom is an album by the Ted Nash Big Band that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2017. "Spoken at Midnight" won Best Instrumental Composition.[1]
Most of the musicians are members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis. Nash has been a member since the 1990s and wrote the music on a commission for the orchestra.[2]
All music is composed by Ted Nash
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Overture" | 1:31 |
| 2. | "Joe Lieberman Reads John F. Kennedy" | 1:21 |
| 3. | "Ask Not – Kennedy" | 5:40 |
| 4. | "Deepak Chopra Reads Jawaharlal Nehru" | 1:43 |
| 5. | "Spoken at Midnight – Nehru" | 5:39 |
| 6. | "William Vanden Heuvel Reads Franklin D. Roosevelt" | 1:34 |
| 7. | "The Four Freedoms – Roosevelt" | 8:23 |
| 8. | "Douglas Brinkley Reads Ronald Reagan" | 1:20 |
| 9. | "Tear Down This Wall – Reagan" | 4:05 |
| 10. | "David Miliband Reads Winston Churchill" | 1:46 |
| 11. | "This Deliverance – Churchill" | 4:58 |
| 12. | "Glenn Close Reads Aung San Suu Kyi" | 1:44 |
| 13. | "Water in Cupped Hands – Suu Kyi" | 4:15 |
| 14. | "Sam Waterston Reads Lyndon Johnson" | 1:48 |
| 15. | "The American Promise – Johnson" | 6:11 |
| 16. | "Andrew Young Reads Nelson Mandela" | 1:35 |
| 17. | "The Time for the Healing of the Wounds – Mandela" | 5:16 |
Adapted from AllMusic.[3]
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