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]

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)

Reception

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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

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  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

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References

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  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. ^ a b Wynn, Ron. Free Spirits – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  5. ^ a b 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