Jazz Articles about The Liberation Music Collective

The Liberation Music Collective: Rebel Portraiture

by Karl Ackermann
August 12, 2017

The Liberation Music Collective is a young group built around a pair of Indiana University graduates, bassist/vocalist Hannah Fidler and trumpeter Matt Riggen. As the name may imply, LMC liberally leans on the Charlie Haden/Carla Bley legacy of the Liberation Music Orchestra, even including a web site photograph that mimics the cover of LMO's self-titled debut. It's a high expectation bar to set for a group of twenty-somethings. The LMC, like their namesake, is a cause-based, large ensemble whose compositions ...