Free Ride is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie which was composed, arranged and conducted by Lalo Schifrin, recorded in 1977 and released on the Pablo label.[1] The album represents the first collaboration between the two since The New Continent in 1962.

Free Ride
Studio album by Dizzy Gillespie and Lalo Schifrin
Released	1977
Recorded	January 31 and February 1 & 2, 1977
Studio	Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:27
Label	Pablo 2310-794
Producer	Lalo Schifrin
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
Dizzy's Party (1976) Free Ride (1977) The Gifted Ones (1977)

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".[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Lalo Schifrin

1. "Unicorn" - 6:48
2. "Fire Dance" - 4:25
3. "Incantation" - 6:40
4. "Wrong Number" - 4:36
5. "Free Ride" - 5:22
6. "Ozone Madness" - 6:34
7. "Love Poem for Donna" - 4:33
8. "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

References