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:  Let Freedom Ring (2024) 

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Avant Garde Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Standards

Label:  Ermitage Records

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Melody For Melonae (13:19)

 2.  I'll Keep Loving You (6:17)

Side Two:

 1.  Rene (10:01)

 2.  Omega (8:31)

Personnel:

Jackie McLean:  Alto Saxophone

Walter Davis:  Piano

Herbie Lewis:  Bass

Billy Higgins:  Drums

Let Freedom Ring is an album by Jackie McLean, originally released on May 1963 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on September 6, 2024 by Ermitage Records.  Special Edition Yellow Vinyl.