Free Spirits is an album by pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams recorded in 1975 and released on the SteepleChase label in 1976.Mary Lou Williams discography, accessed January 13, 2017Jazzlists: Steeplechase Records 1000/31000 series discography, accessed January 13, 2017SteepleChase Productions ApS: album entry , accessed January 13, 2017
Reception
Allmusic said it "Includes great trio cuts". The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection.Penguin Guide to Jazz: Core Collection List, January 13, 2017
Track listing "Dat Dere" (Bobby Timmons) – 4:48 "Baby Man, #2" (John Stubblefield) – 7:56 Bonus track on CD reissue "Baby Man" (Stubblefield) – 8:31 "All Blues" (Miles Davis) – 6:59 "Temptation" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 5:08 "Pale Blue" (Buster Williams) – 4:27 "Free Spirits #2" (Stubblefield) – 5:04 Bonus track on CD reissue "Free Spirits" (Stubblefield) – 5:25 "Blues for Timme" (Mary Lou Williams) – 5:37 "Ode to Saint Cecile" (Mary Lou Williams) – 5:55 Bonus track on CD reissue "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:58 Bonus track on CD reissue "Gloria" (Mary Lou Williams) – 5:31
Personnel Mary Lou Williams – piano Buster Williams – bass Mickey Roker – drums
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