Biography
Chico Freeman (born Earl Lavon Freeman Jr.; July 17, 1949) is a modern jazz tenor saxophonist and trumpeter and son of jazz saxophonist Von Freeman. He began recording as lead musician in 1976 with Morning Prayer, won the New York Jazz Award in 1979 and earned the Stereo Review Record of the Year in 1981 for his album The Outside Within.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Golden Flower: Live In Sweden
2025
Working Nights
1985
Peaceful Heart, Gentle Spirit
1980
Spirit Sensitive
1979
Inflation Blues
1983
Rain Forest
1981
The Outside Within
1981
Compassion
1979
Vibrations In The Village: Live At The Village Gate
2025
Luminous
1989
You'll Know When You Get There
1989
Tangents
1984
The Search
1983
Tradition In Transition
1982
Destiny's Dance
1982
La Leyenda De La Hora = The Legend Of The Hour
1981
Richard Evans
1979
Beyond The Rain
1979
No Time Left
1979
Kings Of Mali
1978
Music From The Source
1978
Chico
1977
Morning Prayer
1976
Credited work
379 releases · 74 albums · active 1975–2025
- Performance · 1,378
- Other credits · 73
- Production · 55
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Eurosound, New York · Ocean Way Recording · Sorcerer Sound · Ronnie Scott's
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Kip Hanrahan
- The Leaders (3)
- Roots (8)
- Chico Freeman Quintet
- Cecil McBee Sextet
- Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition
- McCoy Tyner