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:   Tippin' The Scales  (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (2022) 

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:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Tippin' The Scales (6:03)

 2.  Rainy Blues (5:13)

 3.  Nursery Blues (6:38)

Side B:

 1.  Nicely (6:29)

 2.  Two For One (6:04)

 3.  Cabin In The Sky (5:33)

Personnel:

Jackie McLean:  Alto Saxophone

Sonny Clark:  Piano

Butch Warren:  Bass

Art Taylor:  Drums

Tippin' The Scales is an album by Jackie McLean, originally released in 1979 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on April 1, 2022 by Blue Note Records, featuring Sonny Clark, Butch Warren and Art Taylor.  180 Gram Vinyl.