Free Spirits (album) explained

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]

Reception

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

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

https://ratical.org/MaryLouWilliams/MLWdiscography.html Mary Lou Williams discography
http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_1000.htm Jazzlists: Steeplechase Records 1000/31000 series discography
http://steeplechase.dk/wordpress/mary-lou-williams-free-spirits-sccd-31043/ SteepleChase Productions ApS: album entry
Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton . Brian Morton (Scottish writer) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. 1992. 9th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2008. Penguin. New York. 978-0-14-103401-0. 1511. Mary Lou Williams.
http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/nm/notes/pjazz-core.php Penguin Guide to Jazz: Core Collection List