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.Dove Awards – Instrumental 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".Moor, Brian. "Phil Driscoll – Celebrate Freedom". Cross Rhythms. April 1, 1991.
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