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Everybody Say Yeah!

George Freeman - Guitar

Label: Southport Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 01:18:47
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Tracks

Peak; There Will Never Be Another You; My Scenery; It's Cha Time!; Summertime; George Burns!; Gorgeous George; Vonski; Cha Cha Blue; Manteca; Perfume; A Mother's Love; Marko; Low Funk.

Personnel

Additional Personnel / Information

George Freeman, electric guitar and leader; Mike Allemana, electric guitar; Ruben Alvarez, congas and timbales; Tatsu Aoki, acoustic bass; John Devlin, electric bass and accordion; Hamid Drake, Luiz Ewerling, drums and percussion; Chico Freeman, tenor sax and soprano sax; Von Freeman, tenor sax and piano; Joanie Pallatto, vocal; Alejo Poveda, drums.

Album Description

CHICAGO: In celebration of guitar legend George Freeman’s 95th birthday on April 10, 2022, Southport Records is pleased to announce the release of “Everybody Say Yeah!”, a new compilation of recordings documenting 26 years of Freeman’s music from our "Real Jazz Made in Chicago" catalog. Eleven of the fourteen songs are Freeman's originals including a new recording of “Perfume.” An original himself, George Freeman IS jazz history. From a musical childhood that included visits to the family home by trumpeter Louis Armstrong and pianist Fats Waller, to growing up with his eldest brother Eldridge (known as Bruz) on drums and middle brother Von on the tenor saxophone, George was destined to forge his own unique sound on the guitar. As a spirited side man, Freeman has performed and recorded with a long roster of jazz greats, from Gene Ammons and Richard "Groove" Holmes to Johnny Griffin, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington. He remembers a time when Charlie Parker wouldn’t go onstage without him. His life in music has taken him around the world, but home and family in Chicago have always been where his heart is, and where as an elder statesman he continues to influence a new generation of Chicago’s jazz legacy. A truly vibrant iconoclast, in his ninth decade George has continued to perform at club and festival gigs throughout Chicago. The title of the CD reflects the call and response the ebullient George Freeman begins his shows with, where he calls out to the audience: "Everybody Say Yeah!". The audience shouts “Yeah!”, responding again when George asks everybody to say “HELL Yeah! ”