Birth Sign (album)

Birth Sign is the debut album by the American jazz guitarist George Freeman recorded in 1969 and released by the Delmark label.^[1][2][3]

Birth Sign
Studio album by George Freeman
Released	1970
Recorded	March 11 & 12, 1969
Studio	Ter-Mar Recording Studio, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:11
Label	Delmark DS-424
Producer	Robert G. Koester
George Freeman chronology
Birth Sign (1970) Introducing George Freeman Live (1971)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

Allmusic reviewer Michael G. Nastos stated "Chicago electric guitarist George Freeman was a quintessential sideman ... This is his debut recording, done in the height of the soul-jazz era circa 1969 ... At times Freeman's sound traces to no single individual source, though it is steeped in Chi-Town blues and a progressive stance ... Too bad the world never really heard enough of George Freeman, and although this is a small taste, it is a more than adequate amuse-bouche".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by George Freeman except where noted

1. "Mama, Papa, Brother" – 5:39
2. "Cough It Up" – 4:03
3. "My Scenery" – 5:54
4. "Must Be, Must Be" (Robin Kenyatta) – 5:30
5. "Birth Sign" – 5:23
6. "Hoss" – 6:57
7. "My Ship" (Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin) – 6:45

Personnel

• George Freeman – guitar
• Lester Lashley – trombone (track 4)
• Von Freeman (tracks 2, 3, 6 & 7), Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre (track 4) - tenor saxophone
• Sonny Burke (tracks 1-3 & 4–6), Robert Pierce (track 4) – organ
• Billy Mitchell – drums
• Michael Cuscuna – arranger (track 4)