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Chico Freeman

Chicago, United States • b. 1949-07-17

Chico Freeman is credited on 223 releases across 75 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1975–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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223

Pressings credited

75

Albums

6

Decades active

40

In collections

Biography

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.

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Credited work

223 releases · 75 albums · active 1975–2025

  • Performance · 685
  • Other credits · 33
  • Production · 13

Studios: Tonstudio Bauer · Ronnie Scott's · Power Station · Studio 7 / Fontana S.A.S.

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