| Free for All | ||||
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| Studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers | ||||
| Released | July 1965[1] | |||
| Recorded | February 10, 1964 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:47 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84170 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
| DownBeat | [5] |
Free for All is a jazz album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers released on Blue Note. Recorded in February 1964, it was released the following year. It was originally titled Free Fall.[6]
The Allmusic review by Al Campbell awards the album 4 stars and states, "This edition of the Jazz Messengers had been together since 1961 with a lineup that would be hard to beat: Freddie Hubbard on trumpet... Wayne Shorter on tenor sax, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Cedar Walton on piano, and Reggie Workman on bass. Shorter's title track is one of the finest moments in the Jazz Messengers' history."[2]
- ^ Billboard July 31, 1965
- ^ a b Campbell, Al. Free for All at AllMusic
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
- ^ DownBeat magazine, November 4, 1965, p. 28
- ^ Liner notes to the 2014 SHM-CD by Michael Cuscuna