Free Spirits
Studio album by
Released1976
RecordedJuly 8, 1975
StudioC.I. Recording, NY
GenreJazz
Length68:19
LabelSteepleChase
SCS-1043
ProducerNils Winther
Mary Lou Williams chronology
Zoning
(1974)
Free Spirits
(1976)
Live at the Cookery
(1975)

Free Spirits is an album by pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams recorded in 1975 and released on the SteepleChase label in 1976.[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
Penguin Guide to Jazz[5]

Allmusic said it "Includes great trio cuts".[4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection.[5][6]

Track listing

  1. "Dat Dere" (Bobby Timmons) – 4:48
  2. "Baby Man, #2" (John Stubblefield) – 7:56 Bonus track on CD reissue
  3. "Baby Man" (Stubblefield) – 8:31
  4. "All Blues" (Miles Davis) – 6:59
  5. "Temptation" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 5:08
  6. "Pale Blue" (Buster Williams) – 4:27
  7. "Free Spirits #2" (Stubblefield) – 5:04 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Free Spirits" (Stubblefield) – 5:25
  9. "Blues for Timme" (Mary Lou Williams) – 5:37
  10. "Ode to Saint Cecile" (Mary Lou Williams) – 5:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:58 Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "Gloria" (Mary Lou Williams) – 5:31

Personnel

References

  1. Mary Lou Williams discography, accessed January 13, 2017
  2. Jazzlists: Steeplechase Records 1000/31000 series discography, accessed January 13, 2017
  3. SteepleChase Productions ApS: album entry, accessed January 13, 2017
  4. 1 2 Wynn, Ron. Free Spirits – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. "Mary Lou Williams". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 1511. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  6. Penguin Guide to Jazz: Core Collection List, January 13, 2017
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