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Although Lalo Schifrin is justifiably praised for his soundtrack work, many jazz purists turn up their noses at his jazz dates, such as his '60s work with Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery. 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. (Schifrin had been Gillespie's arranger in the late '50s.) In fact, Free Ride is so painfully dated that it's transformed into cockeyed cool, just the sort of record ironic hipsters should listen to while they're reading the novelizations of '70s cop shows that they bought for a bundle off of eBay. Gillespie plays with his usual wit and panache, but most of the time, he sounds like a sideman on his own album; the real focus of Schifrin's arrangements is the funky wah-wah guitars and ARP synthesizer solos that take center stage on tracks like "Fire Dance" (which sounds exactly like it should be the theme for a Charlie's Angels spinoff) and the mellow disco of the closing "Last Stroke of Midnight." Occasionally, Gillespie gets to break out on his own album, with the lovely solo on "Love Poem for Donna" his particular standout. For what it is, Free Ride is really quite good (guests include Lee Ritenour and future star Ray Parker, Jr.), but it's very much a record of and for its time.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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WILTON FELDER, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lalo Schifrin, Conductor, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ernie Watts, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Lew McCreary, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - LEE RITENOUR, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - SONNY BURKE, Keyboards, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Parker Jr., Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Granet, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edward Green, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wa Wa Watson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Laubach, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Grover Helsley, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Osborn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Horn, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Watts, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Tarantino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles E. Spangler, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Craft Recordings.
WILTON FELDER, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lalo Schifrin, Conductor, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ernie Watts, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Lew McCreary, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - LEE RITENOUR, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - SONNY BURKE, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Parker Jr., Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Granet, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edward Green, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wa Wa Watson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Laubach, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Grover Helsley, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Osborn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Horn, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Watts, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Tarantino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Craft Recordings.
WILTON FELDER, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lalo Schifrin, Conductor, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ernie Watts, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Lew McCreary, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - LEE RITENOUR, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - SONNY BURKE, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Parker Jr., Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Granet, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edward Green, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wa Wa Watson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Laubach, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Grover Helsley, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Osborn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Horn, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Watts, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Tarantino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Craft Recordings.
WILTON FELDER, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lalo Schifrin, Conductor, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ernie Watts, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Lew McCreary, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - LEE RITENOUR, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - SONNY BURKE, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Parker Jr., Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Granet, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edward Green, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wa Wa Watson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Laubach, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Grover Helsley, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Osborn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Horn, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Watts, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Tarantino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Craft Recordings.
WILTON FELDER, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lalo Schifrin, Conductor, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Lew McCreary, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - LEE RITENOUR, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - SONNY BURKE, Keyboards, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Parker Jr., Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Granet, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edward Green, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wa Wa Watson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Laubach, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Grover Helsley, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Osborn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Horn, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Watts, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Tarantino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles E. Spangler, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Craft Recordings.
WILTON FELDER, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lalo Schifrin, Conductor, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ernie Watts, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Lew McCreary, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - LEE RITENOUR, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - SONNY BURKE, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Parker Jr., Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Granet, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edward Green, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wa Wa Watson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Laubach, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Grover Helsley, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Osborn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Horn, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Watts, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Tarantino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Craft Recordings.
WILTON FELDER, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lalo Schifrin, Conductor, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ernie Watts, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Lew McCreary, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - LEE RITENOUR, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - SONNY BURKE, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Parker Jr., Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Granet, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edward Green, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wa Wa Watson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Laubach, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Grover Helsley, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Osborn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Horn, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Watts, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Tarantino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Craft Recordings.
WILTON FELDER, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lalo Schifrin, Conductor, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ernie Watts, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Lew McCreary, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - LEE RITENOUR, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - SONNY BURKE, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Parker Jr., Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Granet, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edward Green, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wa Wa Watson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Laubach, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Grover Helsley, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Ralph Osborn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Horn, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Watts, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Tarantino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Craft Recordings.
Album review
Although Lalo Schifrin is justifiably praised for his soundtrack work, many jazz purists turn up their noses at his jazz dates, such as his '60s work with Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery. 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. (Schifrin had been Gillespie's arranger in the late '50s.) In fact, Free Ride is so painfully dated that it's transformed into cockeyed cool, just the sort of record ironic hipsters should listen to while they're reading the novelizations of '70s cop shows that they bought for a bundle off of eBay. Gillespie plays with his usual wit and panache, but most of the time, he sounds like a sideman on his own album; the real focus of Schifrin's arrangements is the funky wah-wah guitars and ARP synthesizer solos that take center stage on tracks like "Fire Dance" (which sounds exactly like it should be the theme for a Charlie's Angels spinoff) and the mellow disco of the closing "Last Stroke of Midnight." Occasionally, Gillespie gets to break out on his own album, with the lovely solo on "Love Poem for Donna" his particular standout. For what it is, Free Ride is really quite good (guests include Lee Ritenour and future star Ray Parker, Jr.), but it's very much a record of and for its time.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:07
- Main artists: Dizzy Gillespie
- Composer: Lalo Schifrin
- Label: Craft Recordings
- Genre: Jazz
© 2023 Craft Recordings. ℗ 2023 Craft Recordings.
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