Free Ride (album)

Free Ride
Studio album by
Dizzy Gillespie and Lalo Schifrin
Released1977
RecordedJanuary 31 and February 1 & 2, 1977
StudioWally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
GenreJazz
Length43:27
LabelPablo
2310-794
ProducerLalo Schifrin
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Dizzy's Party
(1976) 		Free Ride
(1977) 		The Gifted Ones
(1977)

Free Ride is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie that was composed, arranged and conducted by Lalo Schifrin, recorded in 1977 and released on the Pablo label.[1] The album represents the first collaboration between the two since The New Continent in 1962.

Reception

The AllMusic review stated: "The things that make Schifrin an anathema to the diehards -- the huge orchestras, the pop and soul riffs, the general air of over the top theatricality -- are all over 1977's Free Ride, his reunion date with Dizzy Gillespie... it's very much a record of and for its time".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Lalo Schifrin

  1. "Unicorn" - 6:48
  2. "Fire Dance" - 4:25
  3. "Incantation" - 6:40
  4. "Wrong Number" - 4:36
  5. "Free Ride" - 5:22
  6. "Ozone Madness" - 6:34
  7. "Love Poem for Donna" - 4:33
  8. "The Last Stroke of Midnight" - 4:29

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 18, 2012
  2. ^ a b Mason, S. AllMusic Review accessed April 18, 2012
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 83. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 555. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.