Chico Freeman

Chico Freeman
Chico Freeman
	Chico Freeman in 1989, at the North Sea Jazz Festival with The Leaders.
Background information
Born	July 17, 1949 (age 75); Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Instrument(s)	Tenor saxophone, bass clarinet

Chico Freeman (born Earl Lavon Freeman Jr.; July 17, 1949)^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]

^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 151. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
^ Pilchak, Angela (2005). Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 49. Detroit:Gale. pp. 71–73. ISBN 978-0-7876-8062-6.
^ Scott Yanow (1949-07-17). "Chico Freeman | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-02-09.

[LarkinJazz-1] Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 151. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.

[temp-2] Pilchak, Angela (2005). Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 49. Detroit:Gale. pp. 71–73. ISBN 978-0-7876-8062-6.

[3] Scott Yanow (1949-07-17). "Chico Freeman | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-02-09.

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