CHICO FREEMAN

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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.

Freeman was introduced to the trumpet by his brother Everett, who found a trumpet in the family basement. Freeman began playing, inspired by artists such as Miles Davis. He went to Northwestern University in 1967 with a scholarship for mathematics and played the trumpet in the school, but did not begin playing the saxophone until his junior year. After practicing eight to ten hours per day and trying out for the saxophone section, Freeman quickly changed his major to music, and graduated in 1972. By that time he was proficient
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CHICO FREEMAN Morning Prayer album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Morning Prayer
Post Bop 1976
CHICO FREEMAN Chico album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Chico
Avant-Garde Jazz 1977
CHICO FREEMAN Kings of Mali album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Kings of Mali
Avant-Garde Jazz 1978
CHICO FREEMAN Beyond The Rain album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Beyond The Rain
Avant-Garde Jazz 1978
CHICO FREEMAN No Time Left album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
No Time Left
Avant-Garde Jazz 1979
CHICO FREEMAN Spirit Sensitive album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Spirit Sensitive
Soul Jazz 1979
CHICO FREEMAN Peaceful Heart, Gentle Spirit album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Peaceful Heart, Gentle Spirit
Post Bop 1980
CHICO FREEMAN The Outside Within album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
The Outside Within
Avant-Garde Jazz 1981
CHICO FREEMAN Tradition In Transition album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Tradition In Transition
Post Bop 1982
CHICO FREEMAN Destiny's Dance album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Destiny's Dance
Post Bop 1982
CHICO FREEMAN The Search album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Search
Post Bop 1983
CHICO FREEMAN Chico Freeman Featuring Bobby McFerrin ‎: Tangents album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Chico Freeman Featuring Bobby McFerrin ‎: Tangents
Vocal Jazz 1984
CHICO FREEMAN The Pied Piper album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Pied Piper
Post Bop 1984
CHICO FREEMAN Tales Of Ellington album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tales Of Ellington
Post Bop 1987
CHICO FREEMAN Chico Freeman Feat. Von Freeman : You'll Know When You Get There album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Chico Freeman Feat. Von Freeman : You'll Know When You Get There
Post Bop 1989
CHICO FREEMAN Up And Down album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Up And Down
Avant-Garde Jazz 1992
CHICO FREEMAN Chico Freeman & Brainstorm : Threshold album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Chico Freeman & Brainstorm : Threshold
Post Bop 1993
CHICO FREEMAN Synthophone Riffs For Deejays Volume 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Synthophone Riffs For Deejays Volume 1
RnB 1993
CHICO FREEMAN Chico Freeman, Synthophone Riffs For Deejays Volume 2. album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Chico Freeman, Synthophone Riffs For Deejays Volume 2.
RnB 1993
CHICO FREEMAN Chico Freeman Quintet Featuring Arthur Blythe ‎: Focus album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Chico Freeman Quintet Featuring Arthur Blythe ‎: Focus
Post Bop 1995
CHICO FREEMAN Still Sensitive album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Still Sensitive
Post Bop 1995
CHICO FREEMAN The Emissary album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Emissary
Latin Jazz 1996
CHICO FREEMAN Lord Riff And Me album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lord Riff And Me
Post Bop 2001
CHICO FREEMAN Oh, By The Way album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Oh, By The Way
Latin Jazz 2001
CHICO FREEMAN The Chico Freeman Project ‎: Out Of Many Comes The One album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Chico Freeman Project ‎: Out Of Many Comes The One
Post Bop 2006
CHICO FREEMAN The Essence Of Silence album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
The Essence Of Silence
Post Bop 2010
CHICO FREEMAN Elvin: The Elvin Jones Project album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Elvin: The Elvin Jones Project
Post Bop 2012
CHICO FREEMAN Chico Freeman / Heiri Känzig : The Arrival album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Chico Freeman / Heiri Känzig : The Arrival
Post Bop 2015
CHICO FREEMAN Chico Freeman 4-tet : Spoken Into Existence album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Chico Freeman 4-tet : Spoken Into Existence
Post Bop 2015

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CHICO FREEMAN Live At Ronnie Scott's London (aka Groovin' Late) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Ronnie Scott's London (aka Groovin' Late)
Post Bop 1986
CHICO FREEMAN Freeman And Freeman (with Von Freeman ) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Freeman And Freeman (with Von Freeman )
Post Bop 1989
CHICO FREEMAN Chico Freeman / Arthur Blythe ‎: Luminous album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Chico Freeman / Arthur Blythe ‎: Luminous
Post Bop 1989
CHICO FREEMAN Sweet Explosion album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sweet Explosion
Post Bop 1990
CHICO FREEMAN In The Moment album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In The Moment
Post Bop 1993
CHICO FREEMAN Chico Freeman Quintet Featuring Arthur Blythe ‎: The Unspoken Word album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Chico Freeman Quintet Featuring Arthur Blythe ‎: The Unspoken Word
Post Bop 1994
CHICO FREEMAN Face To Face: Live At Jazzfest Berlin '99 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Face To Face: Live At Jazzfest Berlin '99
Post Bop 2006

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