Jackie McLean

Artist:  Jackie McLean
Birth Name:  John Lenwood McLean
Born:  Ma 17, 1931.  New York City, New York, USA
Died:  March 31, 2006 (Aged 74).  Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Avant Garde Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Standards
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader, Composer, Educator, Community Activist
Instruments:  Alto Saxophone

Jackie McLean was an American Jazz Alto Saxophonist, Composer, Bandleader and Educator  He started on Alto when he was 15.  As a teenager he was friends with such neighbors as Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, and Sonny Rollins and he made his recording debut with Miles Davis in 1951.  He is one of the few musicians to be elected to the Down Beat Hall of Fame in the year of his death.

Title:  Vertigo  (2000)
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Avant Garde Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Standards
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Marney  (6:15)
 2.  Dusty Foot  (6:55)
 3.  Vertigo  (8:18)
 4.  Cheers  (4:55)
 5.  Yams  (8:00)
 6.  The Three Minors  (6:04)
 7.  Blues In A Jiff  (7:10)
 8.  Blues For Jackie  (7:51)
 9.  Marilyn's Dilemma  (5:01)
10. Iddy Bitty  (8:16)
11. The Way I Feel  (7:06)

Personnel:

Tracks:  1-5

Jackie McLean:  Alto Saxophone 
Donald Byrd:  Trumpet
Herbie Hancock:  Piano
Butch Warren:  Bass
Tony Williams:  Drums

Tracks:  6-11

Jackie McLean:  Alto Saxophone
Kenny Dorham:  Trumpet
Sonny Clark:  Piano
Butch Warren:  Bass
Billy Higgins:  Drums

Vertigo is an album by Jackie McLean, recorded in 1962 and 1963, but not released on the Blue Note Label until 1980, and the original 1980 release contained only the five tracks from 1963.  While the reissued in 2000 is limited CD Edition as a part of the "Connoisseur Series",  and add six tracks from the 1962 session, was released on February 15, 2000 by Blue Note Records.