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:  Jacknife (Blue Note Tone Poet Edition) (2025) 

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

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   ****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  On The Nile (12:34)

 2.  Climax (9:20)

Side B:

 1.  Soft Blue (7:30)

 2.  Jacknife (6:16)

 3.  Blue Fable (5:56)

Personnel:

Jackie McLean:  Alto Saxophone

Lee Morgan:  Trumpet on Tracks:  A2, B1, 3

Charles Tolliver:  Trumpet on Tracks:  A1, B1, 2

Larry Willis:  Piano

Larry Ridley:  Bass

Jack DeJohnette:  Drums

Jacknife is an album by Jackie McLean, originally released in 1975 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on August 1, 2025 by Blue Note.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.