Freedom Sound (The Jazz Crusaders album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Freedom Sound

| type = studio

| artist = The Jazz Crusaders

| cover = Freedom_Sound_(The_Jazz_Crusaders_album).jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1961}}

| recorded = May 24, 1961

| venue =

| studio = Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, California

| genre = Jazz

| length = {{Duration|m=46|s=49}}

| label = Pacific Jazz

| producer = Richard Bock

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Lookin' Ahead

| next_year = 1962

}}

Freedom Sound was the debut album by The Jazz Crusaders, which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/pacific-jazz-records/catalog-10000-20000-series/#pj-27 Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10000/20000 series] accessed January 12, 2016[http://stixhooper.com/?page_id=1572 Stix Hooper Discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127161408/http://stixhooper.com/?page_id=1572 |date=2016-01-27 }} accessed January 12, 2016

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

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AllMusic rated the album with 4 stars; in his review, Scott Yanow said the band: "strikes a balance between creative hard bop and accessible soul-jazz".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000677988 |title=Freedom Sound – Review |accessdate=January 13, 2016}}

Track listing

  1. "The Geek" (Wilton Felder) – 5:50
  2. "M.J.S. Funk" (Wayne Henderson) – 5:55
  3. "That's It" (Felder) – 4:42
  4. "Freedom Sound" (Joe Sample) – 8:24
  5. "Theme from Exodus" (Ernest Gold) – 3:50
  6. "Coon" (Henderson) – 4:20
  7. "M.J.S. Funk" (Alternate Version) – 8:15 (on CD only)
  8. "Coon" (Alternate Version) – 5:48 (on CD only)

Personnel

;The Jazz Crusaders were:

References