Guitar Player contributing writer Nikki O'Neil had the pleasure of speaking with Freeman in late 2023, shortly after he released his album The Good Life, on HighNote Records, featuring original ...

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There are 1,001 stories worth telling about George Freeman—guitarist, raconteur, raucous traffic cop at the five corners of jazz, blues, and funk—but I think two do a lot of the heavy lifting. George ...

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For guitarist George Freeman, The Good Life has also been a long life. He was a nimble-fingered ninety-five-year-old plectrist when this splendid album was recorded in May and June 2022, which makes ...

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George Freeman has done more than witness jazz history. He’s made it. The musicians Freeman can count as one-time colleagues boggle the mind. Duke Ellington. Dexter Gordon. Sonny Stitt. Eugene Wright.