Chico Freeman discography

This is the discography for American jazz musician Chico Freeman.

As leader

 * Morning Prayer (India Navigation/Whynot, 1976)
 * Chico (India Navigation, 1977)
 * Beyond the Rain (Contemporary, 1978)
 * Kings of Mali (India Navigation, 1978)
 * The Outside Within (India Navigation, 1978)
 * Spirit Sensitive (India Navigation, 1979)
 * No Time Left (Black Saint, 1979)
 * Peaceful Heart, Gentle Spirit (Contemporary, 1980)
 * Destiny's Dance (Contemporary, 1981)
 * Tradition in Transition (Elektra/Musician, 1982)
 * The Search (India Navigation, 1982)
 * Tangents featuring Bobby McFerrin (Elektra/Musician, 1984)
 * Live at Ronnie Scott’s (Hendring, 1988; recorded 1986)
 * The Pied Piper (Black-Hawk, 1987)
 * Tales of Ellington (Black-Hawk, 1987)
 * Lord Riff and Me (Whynot/Candid, 2010; recorded 1987)
 * Mystical Dreamer with Brainstorm (In & Out, 1989)
 * You’ll Know When You Get There (Black Saint, 1990)
 * Sweet Explosion with Brainstorm (In & Out, 1990)
 * Threshold with Brainstorm (In & Out, 1993)
 * The Unspoken Word with Arthur Blythe live at Ronnie Scott’s (Jazz House, 1994)
 * Focus (Contemporary, 1995)
 * Still Sensitive (India Navigation, 1995)
 * The Emissary (Clarity, 1996)
 * Oh, by the Way with Guataca (Double Moon, 2002)
 * Out of Many Comes the One (Arabesque, 2004)
 * The Essence of Silence with the Fritz Pauer Trio (CD Baby/Jive Music, 2010)
 * Elvin: Tribute to Elvin Jones with Joe Lovano (CD Baby/Jive Music/Edel, 2012)
 * The Arrival with Heiri Känzig (Intakt, 2015)
 * Spoken Into Existence (Jive Music, 2015)

As co-leader
With Arthur Blythe With Von Freeman With The Leaders With David Murray With Roots (Arthur Blythe, Nathan Davis, Sam Rivers, a.o.) With Mal Waldron With The Young Lions (a.k.a. Lincoln Center Stars), feat. Wynton Marsalis, Paquito D’Rivera, Kevin Eubanks, Anthony Davis, a.o.
 * Luminous (Jazz House, 1989)
 * Night Song (Clarity, 1997)
 * Freeman & Freeman (India Navigation, 1981)
 * Fathers & Sons (Columbia, 1982), only B-side (A-side provided by Marsalis family)
 * Live at the Blue Note with Special Guest Dianne Reeves (Half Note, 1999)
 * Mudfoot (Black-Hawk, 1986)
 * Out Here Like This (Black-Hawk, 1987)
 * Unforeseen Blessings (Black Saint, 1988)
 * Slipping and Sliding (Sound Hills, 1994)
 * Spirits Alike (Double Moon, 2007)
 * David Murray, Chico Freeman with Özay (ITM, 2011)
 * Salutes the Saxophone - Tributes to John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins and Lester Young (In & Out, 1992)
 * Stablemates (In & Out, 1993)
 * Say Something (In & Out, 1995)
 * For Diz & Bird (In & Out, 2000)
 * Up and Down (Black Saint, 1989)
 * The Young Lions (Elektra/Musician, 1982)

As sideman
With Ahmed Abdullah With Jack DeJohnette With Kip Hanrahan With Jay Hoggard With La Mont Zeno Theatre With Carmen Lundy With Cecil McBee With Don Pullen, Fred Hopkins and Bobby Battle With The Pyramids With Sam Rivers' Rivbea All-Star Orchestra With Dom Um Romão With McCoy Tyner With Edward Vesala With the Reto Weber Percussion Orchestra and Franco Ambrosetti With Mari Wilson
 * Live at Ali's Alley (Cadence Jazz, 1980)
 * Tin Can Alley (ECM, 1981)
 * Inflation Blues (ECM, 1983)
 * Coup de tête (American Clavé, 1981)
 * Tenderness (American Clavé, 1990)
 * All Roads Are Made of the Flesh (American Clavé, 1995)
 * Rain Forrest (Contemporary, 1981)
 * Black Fairy (Taifa, 1975)
 * Moment to Moment (Arabesque, 1992)
 * Music from the Source (Enja, 1978)
 * Compassion (Enja, 1979)
 * Alternate Spaces (India Navigation, 1979)
 * Warriors (Black Saint, 1978)
 * Music of Idris Ackamoor (Compilation on EM (Japan), 2006)
 * Inspiration (BMG France, 1999)
 * Culmination (BMG France, 1999)
 * Saudades (Water Lily Acoustics, 1993)
 * La Leyenda de La Hora (Columbia, 1981)
 * Heavy Life (Leo, 1980)
 * Face to Face (Live at the Jazzfest Berlin '99) (Double Moon, 1999)
 * The Rhythm Romance (Dino, 1991)