Freedom Records was a jazz record label headed by Shel Safran[1] and founded by Alan Bates as a division of Black Lion Records.[2]

Freedom Records
Parent companyArista Records
FounderAlan Bates
Distributor(s)Polydor Records
Transatlantic Records
GenreJazz
Country of originU.S.

Individual recordings were distributed via Polydor Records and Transatlantic Records during the early 1970s before the company was bought by Arista Records with the imprint dubbed Arista/Freedom in 1975.[3]

Discography

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References

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  1. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 21 November 1970. p. 84. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. ^ Kennedy, Gary (2002). Barry Kernfeld (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 848. ISBN 1561592846.
  3. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 11 January 1975. p. 3. ISSN 0006-2510.
  4. ^ "Charles Tolliver Leader Entry". Jazzdiscography.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
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