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
}}
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
- "The Geek" (Wilton Felder) – 5:50
- "M.J.S. Funk" (Wayne Henderson) – 5:55
- "That's It" (Felder) – 4:42
- "Freedom Sound" (Joe Sample) – 8:24
- "Theme from Exodus" (Ernest Gold) – 3:50
- "Coon" (Henderson) – 4:20
- "M.J.S. Funk" (Alternate Version) – 8:15 (on CD only)
- "Coon" (Alternate Version) – 5:48 (on CD only)
Personnel
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- Wayne Henderson – trombone
- Wilton Felder – tenor saxophone
- Joe Sample – piano
- Roy Gaines – guitar (tracks 1 & 4)
- Jimmy Bond – bass
- Stix Hooper – drums