| Freedom Sound | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | May 24, 1961 | |||
| Studio | Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 46:49 | |||
| Label | Pacific Jazz | |||
| Producer | Richard Bock | |||
| The Jazz Crusaders chronology | ||||
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Freedom Sound is the debut album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1961 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. [1] [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
AllMusic rated the album with 4 stars; in his review, Scott Yanow said the band: "strikes a balance between creative hard bop and accessible soul-jazz". [3]
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Southern Comfort is a 1974 album by jazz fusion band The Crusaders.
Powerhouse is a 1969 album by The Jazz Crusaders. It was their fourteenth album produced by Richard Bock for World Pacific Jazz Records. It was the first album in which Joe Sample played on the Fender Rhodes and according to Thom Jurek in his AllMusic review, would mark a turning point for the band.
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The Jazz Crusaders at the Lighthouse is a live album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1962 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.
Lookin' Ahead is the second album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1962 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.
Tough Talk is the fourth album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1963 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.
Heat Wave is the fifth album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1963 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.
Stretchin' Out is the seventh album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1964 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.
The Thing is the eighth album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1965 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.
Chile Con Soul, recorded in 1965 and released on the Pacific Jazz label, is the ninth album by The Jazz Crusaders.
Live at the Lighthouse '66 is a live album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1966 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.
Talk That Talk is the ninth album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1965 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.
Uh Huh is the ninth studio album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1967 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.
Lighthouse '68 is a live album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1967 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.
Lighthouse '69 is a live album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1969 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.
The Festival Album is a live album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1966 at Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island and Pacific Jazz Festival in California. It was released on the Pacific Jazz label that same year.
