Freedom Records was a jazz record label headed by Shel Safran and founded by Alan Bates as a division of Black Lion Records.
Individual recordings were distributed via Polydor Records and Transatlantic Records during the early 1970s before the company was bought by Arista Records with the imprint dubbed Arista/Freedom in 1975.
Discography 1000: Albert Ayler & Don Cherry - Vibrations 1001: Marion Brown - Porto Novo 1002: Charles Tolliver - Paper Man 1003: Gato Barbieri & Dollar Brand- Confluence 1004: Randy Weston - Carnival 1005: Cecil Taylor - Silent Tongues 1006: Roswell Rudd - Flexible Flyer 1007: Andrew Hill - Spiral 1008: Oliver Lake - Heavy Spirits 1009: Stanley Cowell - Brilliant Circles 1010: Roland Hanna - Perugia 1011: Dewey Redman - Look for the Black Star 1012: Julius Hemphill - Coon Bid'ness 1013: Mal Waldron - Blues for Lady Day 1014: Randy Weston - Blues to Africa 1015: Frank Lowe - Fresh 1016: Archie Shepp - There's a Trumpet in My Soul 1017: Tolliver, Charles - The Ringer 1018: Ayler, Albert - Witches & Devils 1019: New York Mary - New York Mary 1020: Hampton Hawes - Live at the Montmartre 1021: Ted Curson - Tears for Dolphy 1022: Human Arts Ensemble - Under the Sun 1023: Hill, Andrew - Live At Montreux 1024: Oliver Lake - Ntu: Point from Which Creation Begins 1025: John Payne & Louis Levin - Bedtime Stories 1026: Randy Weston - Berkshire Blues 1027: Shepp, Archie - Montreux One 1028: Julius Hemphill - Dogon A.D. 1029: Rudd, Roswell - Inside Job 1030: Ted Curson - Flip Top 1031: Jan Garbarek - Esoteric Circle 1032: Stanley Cowell - Blues for the Viet Cong 1033: Stephane Grappelli - Parisian Thoroughfare 1034: Archie Shepp - Montreux Two 1035: New York Mary - Piece of the Apple 1036: Payne, John & Louis Levin - Razor's Edge 1037: Richard Teitelbaum and Anthony Braxton - Time Zones 1038: Cecil Taylor - Indent 1039: Human Arts Ensemble - Whisper of Dharma 1040: Miroslav Vitous - Miroslav 1041: Dudu Pukwana - Diamond Express 1042: Mal Waldron - Signals 1043: Hawes, Hampton - A Little Copenhagen Night Music 1900: Ornette Coleman - The Great London Concert 1901: Paul Bley - Copenhagen And Haarlem 1902: Braxton, Anthony - The Complete Braxton 1971 1903: Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Paris Session (The Spiritual and Tutankhamun reissued together) 1904: Marion Brown - Duets 1905: Taylor, Cecil - Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come 1906: Dave Burrell - High Won-High Two
See also List of record labels
References
External links Freedom Records at www.jazzdiscography.com