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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1949
jazz
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Chico Freeman is a modern jazz tenor saxophonist born on July 17, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois. Son of the Chicago-based jazz saxophonist Von Freeman, he is a graduate of Northwestern University, with a major in music. A critically acclaimed performer, he is capable of intricate melodies and rhythms. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as part of a movement including Wynton Marsalis of modern players steeped in the traditions of jazz, recording for independent labels like India Navigation and
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Freeman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Father
- Von Freeman
- Sibling
- Bernie Hamilton
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- bebop
- Instrument
- tenor saxophone
- Record label
- Elektra
- Official website
- www.chicofreeman.com
- Image
- Chico Freeman 1989.jpg
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- Chico Freeman
- date of birth
- 1949-07-17
- birth name
- Earl Lavon Freeman Jr.
- name in native language
- Chico Freeman
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