Saturday, March 4, 2023

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:  Bluesnik (Blue Note Classic Series) (2023) 
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.  Bluesnik (9:36)
 2.  Goin' Way Blues (6:34)
 3.  Drew's Blues (5:52)

Side B:

 1.  Cool Green (5:20)
 2.  Blues Function (7:19)
 3.  Torchin' (6:11)

Personnel:  

Jackie McLean:  Alto Saxopnone
Freddie Hubbard:  Trumpet
Kenny Drew:  Piano
Doug Watkins:  Bass
Pete La Ricca:  Drums

Bluesnik is an album by Jackie McLean, originally released on February 1962 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on February 17, 2023.  Audiophile 180 Gram Vinyl.







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