Freedom

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American disco-funk band from Jackson (MS), formed in the late 1970s.
Core members are:
Larry Addison: Keyboards & Lead Vocals
Ray Smith: Bass, Percussion & Vocals
Robert Black: Trumpet & Percussion
David Thigpen: Saxes, Percussion & Vocals
Joe Short: Lead Vocals & Percussion (d. 1981)
Tyrone Armstrong: Guitars
Victor Mason: Drums & Percussion
Adolph Adams: Lead Vocals & Percussion.

Additional Members:
Charles Gilliam: Flute
Carl Marsh: Synthesizers
Chalmers Davis: Keyboards
Robert Scott: Moog Synthesizers
Richard Morgan: Trombone
Henry Rogers: Trumpet

Founded by Victor Mason, Caleb Armstrong and Ray Smith in 1976 while they were students at Jackson State. Signed up by Malaco Records, Freedom hit the radio stations and clubs in NYC with their second single "Get Up and Dance" from their debut album Farther Than Imagination in 1979. The track immediately found its way into the old school hip-hop community as being one of the key samples used by the DJ's like Grandmaster Flash, Darryl Calloway (DJ Darryl C) of The Crash Crew, just to name a few (the song was also covered by West Street Mob in 1981). "Dance Sing Along" was a minor hit from the same album. The group released three more albums into the 80's, however without success. They slowly dissolved in the mid-80's after the percussionist and falsetto vocal Joe Leslie Short was tragically killed in 1981.

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Get Up and Dance

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The Alleyways

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Anti-Poison

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Freedom Slam

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Django Unchained

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December 29, 2018

The Sanctuary

Hamtramck, Michigan, United States


December 1, 2018

Hardcore Stadium

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States


July 14, 2018

The Belasco

Los Angeles, California, United States

  • 1. Voiceless

  • 2. Carry the Name

  • 3. My Stance

  • 4. Life in a Noose

  • 5. Military Issue

  • 6. Freedom

  • 7. Freedom Slam

  • 8. Victimized

  • 9. The Alleyways

  • 10. Pay the Price

  • 11. Anti-Poison

  • 12. Never Had a Choice

  • 13. Right Brigade(Bad Brains cover)


May 14, 2018

Ottawa Tavern

Toledo, Ohio, United States

  • 1. Carry the Name

  • 2. Never Had a Choice

  • 3. Life in a Noose

  • 4. Military Issue

  • 5. Voiceless

  • 6. The Alleyways

  • 7. Freedom

  • 8. Freedom Slam

  • 9. My Stance

  • 10. Pay the Price

  • 11. Anti-Poison


April 7, 2018

The Canal Club

Richmond, Virginia, United States

  • 1. Carry the Name

  • 2. Never Had a Choice

  • 3. Life in a Noose

  • 4. Military Issue

  • 5. Voiceless

  • 6. The Alleyways

  • 7. Freedom

  • 8. Freedom Slam

  • 9. Me and You

  • 10. Eye To Eye

  • 11. Victimized

  • 12. My Stance

  • 13. Anti-Poison

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American disco-funk band from Jackson (MS), formed in the late 1970s. Core members are:Larry Addison: Keyboards & Lead VocalsRay Smith: Bass, Percussion & VocalsRobert Black: Trumpet & PercussionDavid Thigpen: Saxes, Percussion & VocalsJoe Short: Lea... Read the full biography on this page.

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