Free Will (Gil Scott-Heron album)

Free Will
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1972
RecordedMarch 2–3, 1972
StudioRCA Studios (New York, New York)
GenreProgressive soul, jazz-funk
Length36:43
LabelFlying Dutchman/RCA
FD-10153
ProducerBob Thiele
Gil Scott-Heron chronology
Pieces of a Man
(1971)
Free Will
(1972)
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
(1974)
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Free Will is the second studio album by the American poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron, released in August 1972 on Flying Dutchman Records. The album was produced by Bob Thiele, with the recording sessions taking place on March 2 and 3, 1972, at RCA Studios in New York City. It is the follow-up to Scott-Heron's critically acclaimed studio debut, Pieces of a Man (1971), and it is the second album to feature him working with keyboardist Brian Jackson. Free Will is also Scott-Heron's final studio album for Flying Dutchman. The album reissued on compact disc in 2001 by Bluebird Records with alternative takes of eight tracks from the original album.