FREE JAZZ was recorded in one uninterrupted "take" of 36 minutes 23 seconds and transfered to record without any overdubs made. It is exactly as heard in the studio during the performance of the Ornette Coleman Double Quartet. On stereo Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Scott LaFaro and Billy Higgins are heard on the left channel, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell are heard right.