# Chico Freeman discography

This is the discography for American jazz musician Chico Freeman.

## As leader

* Morning Prayer (India Navigation/Whynot, 1976)
* Chico (India Navigation, 1977)
* Beyond the Rain (Contemporary, 1978)
* Kings of Mali (India Navigation, 1978)
* The Outside Within (India Navigation, 1978)
* Spirit Sensitive (India Navigation, 1979)
* No Time Left (Black Saint, 1979)
* Peaceful Heart, Gentle Spirit (Contemporary, 1980)
* Destiny's Dance (Contemporary, 1981)
* Tradition in Transition (Elektra/Musician, 1982)
* The Search (India Navigation, 1982)
* Tangents featuring Bobby McFerrin (Elektra/Musician, 1984)
* Live at Ronnie Scott’s (Hendring, 1988; recorded 1986)
* The Pied Piper (Black-Hawk, 1987)
* Tales of Ellington (Black-Hawk, 1987)
* Lord Riff and Me (Whynot/Candid, 2010; recorded 1987)
* Mystical Dreamer with Brainstorm (In & Out, 1989)
* You’ll Know When You Get There (Black Saint, 1990)
* Sweet Explosion with Brainstorm (In & Out, 1990)
* Threshold with Brainstorm (In & Out, 1993)
* The Unspoken Word with Arthur Blythe live at Ronnie Scott’s (Jazz House, 1994)
* Focus (Contemporary, 1995)
* Still Sensitive (India Navigation, 1995)
* The Emissary (Clarity, 1996)
* Oh, by the Way with Guataca (Double Moon, 2002)
* Out of Many Comes the One (Arabesque, 2004)
* The Essence of Silence with the Fritz Pauer Trio (CD Baby/Jive Music, 2010)
* Elvin: Tribute to Elvin Jones with Joe Lovano (CD Baby/Jive Music/Edel, 2012)
* The Arrival with Heiri Känzig (Intakt, 2015)
* Spoken Into Existence (Jive Music, 2015)

## As co-leader

With Arthur Blythe
* Luminous (Jazz House, 1989)
* Night Song (Clarity, 1997)
With Von Freeman
* Freeman & Freeman (India Navigation, 1981)
* Fathers & Sons (Columbia, 1982), only B-side (A-side provided by Marsalis family)
* Live at the Blue Note with Special Guest Dianne Reeves (Half Note, 1999)
With The Leaders
* Mudfoot (Black-Hawk, 1986)
* Out Here Like This (Black-Hawk, 1987)
* Unforeseen Blessings (Black Saint, 1988)
* Slipping and Sliding (Sound Hills, 1994)
* Spirits Alike (Double Moon, 2007)
With David Murray
* David Murray, Chico Freeman with Özay (ITM, 2011)
With Roots (Arthur Blythe, Nathan Davis, Sam Rivers, a.o.)
* Salutes the Saxophone - Tributes to John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins and Lester Young (In & Out, 1992)
* Stablemates (In & Out, 1993)
* Say Something (In & Out, 1995)
* For Diz & Bird (In & Out, 2000)
With Mal Waldron
* Up and Down (Black Saint, 1989)
With The Young Lions (a.k.a. Lincoln Center Stars), feat. Wynton Marsalis, Paquito D’Rivera, Kevin Eubanks, Anthony Davis, a.o.
* The Young Lions (Elektra/Musician, 1982)

## As sideman

With Ahmed Abdullah
* Live at Ali's Alley (Cadence Jazz, 1980)
With Jack DeJohnette
* Tin Can Alley (ECM, 1981)
* Inflation Blues (ECM, 1983)
With Kip Hanrahan
* Coup de tête (American Clavé, 1981)
* Tenderness (American Clavé, 1990)
* All Roads Are Made of the Flesh (American Clavé, 1995)
With Jay Hoggard
* Rain Forrest (Contemporary, 1981)
With La Mont Zeno Theatre
* Black Fairy (Taifa, 1975)
With Carmen Lundy
* Moment to Moment (Arabesque, 1992)
With Cecil McBee
* Music from the Source (Enja, 1978)
* Compassion (Enja, 1979)
* Alternate Spaces (India Navigation, 1979)
With Don Pullen, Fred Hopkins and Bobby Battle
* Warriors (Black Saint, 1978)
With The Pyramids
* Music of Idris Ackamoor (Compilation on EM (Japan), 2006)
With Sam Rivers' Rivbea All-Star Orchestra
* Inspiration (BMG France, 1999)
* Culmination (BMG France, 1999)
With Dom Um Romão
* Saudades (Water Lily Acoustics, 1993)
With McCoy Tyner
* La Leyenda de La Hora (Columbia, 1981)
With Edward Vesala
* Heavy Life (Leo, 1980)
With the Reto Weber Percussion Orchestra and Franco Ambrosetti
* Face to Face (Live at the Jazzfest Berlin '99) (Double Moon, 1999)
With Mari Wilson
* The Rhythm Romance (Dino, 1991)