Free Ride is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie that was composed, arranged and conducted by Lalo Schifrin, recorded in 1977 and released on the Pablo label.Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed April 18, 2012 The album represents the first collaboration between the two since The New Continent in 1962.
Reception The AllMusic review stated: "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... it's very much a record of and for its time".Mason, S. AllMusic Review accessed April 18, 2012
Track listing All compositions by Lalo Schifrin "Unicorn" - 6:48 "Fire Dance" - 4:25 "Incantation" - 6:40 "Wrong Number" - 4:36 "Free Ride" - 5:22 "Ozone Madness" - 6:34 "Love Poem for Donna" - 4:33 "The Last Stroke of Midnight" - 4:29
Personnel Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet Lalo Schifrin - keyboards, arranger, conductor Oscar Brashear, Jack H. Laubach - trumpet Lew McCreary - trombone Jerome Richardson - flute Ernie Watts - saxophone James Horn - saxophone, flute Sonny Burke - piano, electric piano Charles E. Spangler - synthesizer Ray Parker Jr., Lee Ritenour, Wah Wah Watson - guitar Wilton Felder - bass Ed Greene - drums Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
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