Free Spirits is an album by pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams recorded in 1975 and released on the SteepleChase label in 1976.[1][2][3]

Free Spirits
Studio album by Mary Lou Williams Trio
Released	1976
Recorded	July 8, 1975
Studio	C.I. Recording, NY
Genre	Jazz
Length	68:19
Label	SteepleChase SCS-1043
Producer	Nils Winther
Mary Lou Williams chronology
Zoning (1974) Free Spirits (1976) Live at the Cookery (1975)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	[5]

Allmusic said it "Includes great trio cuts".[4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection.[5][6]

Track listing

1. "Dat Dere" (Bobby Timmons) – 4:48
2. "Baby Man, #2" (John Stubblefield) – 7:56 Bonus track on CD reissue
3. "Baby Man" (Stubblefield) – 8:31
4. "All Blues" (Miles Davis) – 6:59
5. "Temptation" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 5:08
6. "Pale Blue" (Buster Williams) – 4:27
7. "Free Spirits #2" (Stubblefield) – 5:04 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "Free Spirits" (Stubblefield) – 5:25
9. "Blues for Timme" (Mary Lou Williams) – 5:37
10. "Ode to Saint Cecile" (Mary Lou Williams) – 5:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
11. "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:58 Bonus track on CD reissue
12. "Gloria" (Mary Lou Williams) – 5:31

Personnel

• Mary Lou Williams – piano
• Buster Williams – bass
• Mickey Roker – drums

References