This is the discography for American jazz musician Chico Freeman.

As leader

Chico Freeman in 2011 at L'Inouï Jazz club in Redange, Luxembourg.

• Morning Prayer (India Navigation/Whynot, 1976)
• Chico (India Navigation, 1977)
• Beyond the Rain (Contemporary, 1978)
• Kings of Mali (India Navigation, 1978)
• The Outside Within (India Navigation, 1978)
• Spirit Sensitive (India Navigation, 1979)
• No Time Left (Black Saint, 1979)
• Peaceful Heart, Gentle Spirit (Contemporary, 1980)
• Destiny's Dance (Contemporary, 1981)
• Tradition in Transition (Elektra/Musician, 1982)
• The Search (India Navigation, 1982)
• Tangents featuring Bobby McFerrin (Elektra/Musician, 1984)
• Live at Ronnie Scott’s (Hendring, 1988; recorded 1986)
• The Pied Piper (Black-Hawk, 1987)
• Tales of Ellington (Black-Hawk, 1987)
• Lord Riff and Me (Whynot/Candid, 2010; recorded 1987)
• Mystical Dreamer with Brainstorm (In & Out, 1989)
• You’ll Know When You Get There (Black Saint, 1990)
• Sweet Explosion with Brainstorm (In & Out, 1990)
• Threshold with Brainstorm (In & Out, 1993)
• The Unspoken Word with Arthur Blythe live at Ronnie Scott’s (Jazz House, 1994)
• Focus (Contemporary, 1995)
• Still Sensitive (India Navigation, 1995)
• The Emissary (Clarity, 1996)
• Oh, by the Way with Guataca (Double Moon, 2002)
• Out of Many Comes the One (Arabesque, 2004)
• The Essence of Silence with the Fritz Pauer Trio (CD Baby/Jive Music, 2010)
• Elvin: Tribute to Elvin Jones with Joe Lovano (CD Baby/Jive Music/Edel, 2012)
• The Arrival with Heiri Känzig (Intakt, 2015)
• Spoken Into Existence (Jive Music, 2015)

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As co-leader

With Arthur Blythe

• Luminous (Jazz House, 1989)
• Night Song (Clarity, 1997)

With Von Freeman

• Freeman & Freeman (India Navigation, 1981)
• Fathers & Sons (Columbia, 1982), only B-side (A-side provided by Marsalis family)
• Live at the Blue Note with Special Guest Dianne Reeves (Half Note, 1999)

With The Leaders

• Mudfoot (Black-Hawk, 1986)
• Out Here Like This (Black-Hawk, 1987)
• Unforeseen Blessings (Black Saint, 1988)
• Slipping and Sliding (Sound Hills, 1994)
• Spirits Alike (Double Moon, 2007)

With David Murray

• David Murray, Chico Freeman with Özay (ITM, 2011)

With Roots (Arthur Blythe, Nathan Davis, Sam Rivers, a.o.)

• Salutes the Saxophone - Tributes to John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins and Lester Young (In & Out, 1992)
• Stablemates (In & Out, 1993)
• Say Something (In & Out, 1995)
• For Diz & Bird (In & Out, 2000)

With Mal Waldron

• Up and Down (Black Saint, 1989)

With The Young Lions (a.k.a. Lincoln Center Stars), feat. Wynton Marsalis, Paquito D’Rivera, Kevin Eubanks, Anthony Davis, a.o.

• The Young Lions (Elektra/Musician, 1982)

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As sideman

With Ahmed Abdullah

• Live at Ali's Alley (Cadence Jazz, 1980)

With Jack DeJohnette

• Tin Can Alley (ECM, 1981)
• Inflation Blues (ECM, 1983)

With Kip Hanrahan

• Coup de tête (American Clavé, 1981)
• Tenderness (American Clavé, 1990)
• All Roads Are Made of the Flesh (American Clavé, 1995)

With Jay Hoggard

• Rain Forrest (Contemporary, 1981)

With La Mont Zeno Theatre

• Black Fairy (Taifa, 1975)

With Carmen Lundy

• Moment to Moment (Arabesque, 1992)

With Cecil McBee

• Music from the Source (Enja, 1978)
• Compassion (Enja, 1979)
• Alternate Spaces (India Navigation, 1979)

With Don Pullen, Fred Hopkins and Bobby Battle

• Warriors (Black Saint, 1978)

With The Pyramids

• Music of Idris Ackamoor (Compilation on EM (Japan), 2006)

With Sam Rivers' Rivbea All-Star Orchestra

• Inspiration (BMG France, 1999)
• Culmination (BMG France, 1999)

With Dom Um Romão

• Saudades (Water Lily Acoustics, 1993)

With McCoy Tyner

• La Leyenda de La Hora (Columbia, 1981)

With Edward Vesala

• Heavy Life (Leo, 1980)

With the Reto Weber Percussion Orchestra and Franco Ambrosetti

• Face to Face (Live at the Jazzfest Berlin '99) (Double Moon, 1999)

With Mari Wilson

• The Rhythm Romance (Dino, 1991)

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