Free Form | ||||||||||
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Studio album by Donald Byrd | ||||||||||
Released | October 1966 | |||||||||
Recorded | December 11, 1961 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs |
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Genre | Jazz | |||||||||
Length | 40:21 45:33 with bonus track |
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Label |
Blue Note BST 84118 |
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Producer | Alfred Lion | |||||||||
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Allmusic |
Free Form is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring Byrd with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label later in 1966. It was remastered in 2003 and reissued on CD. On the CD reissue, the original stereo release is erroneously given as "BST 84106" instead of BST 84118.
The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Free Form is both a smorgasbord of modern jazz styles and a breakthrough album showing the Detroit born trumpeter's versatility and interest in diversity... This may be close to Donald Byrd's best early work, a strong statement that is by no means homogeneous, but expresses many of the avenues in jazz he was exploring while finding his own unique voice on the trumpet".