{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Free Bop! | type = Studio | artist = Charles McPherson | cover = Free Bop!.jpg | alt = | released = 1979 | recorded = October 23, 1978<br><small>Los Angeles, CA</small> | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = | label = Xanadu<br><small>170</small> | producer = Don Schlitten | chronology = Charles McPherson | prev_title = New Horizons | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = The Prophet | next_year = 1978 }}

'''''Free Bop!''''' is an album by saxophonist Charles McPherson which was recorded in 1978 and released on the Xanadu label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/McPhersonCharles-ldr.php Charles McPherson discography] accessed April 28, 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Xanadu.htm Xanadu Records discography] accessed April 24, 2014</ref>

==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''Allmusic'' | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> | rev2 = ''The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide'' | rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 137 }}</ref> }} The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This is perhaps his fiercest, most exciting playing as a leader".<ref name="Allmusic">Wynn, R., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/free-bop!-mw0000879693 Allmusic Review] accessed April 28, 2014</ref>

== Track listing == ''All compositions by Charles McPherson except as indicated'' # "A Day in Rio - 10:42" # "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 5:08 # "Chuck-A-Luck" - 4:48 # "Estrellita (Vito Picone, Arthur Venosa) - 6:19 # "Si Si" (Charlie Parker) - 7:28 # "Free Bop" - 5:29

== Personnel == *Charles McPherson - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone *Peter Sprague - guitar *Lou Levy - piano *Monty Budwig - bass *Chuck McPherson - drums *Kevin Jones - congas, percussion

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