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.

Free Ride
Studio album by
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)

Reception

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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]

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AllMusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [3]

Track listing

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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

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References

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  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.
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