''Scott Free'' is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1984 for the Italian

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Reception

The Allmusic review by

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awarded the album 3½ stars stating "This is excellent music, easily recommended as an example of the underrated but consistently brilliant Max Roach Quartet".Yanow, S
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Cecil Bridgewater'' # "Scott Free Part 1" - 19:58 # "Scott Free Part 2" - 20:17 :*Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy on May 31, 1984

Personnel

* Max Roach -

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* Cecil Bridgewater - trumpet,

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- tenor saxophone *Tyrone Brown -

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References

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