Jackie McLean
Text in englischer Sprache verfügbarJackie McLean has long had his own sound, played slightly sharp and with great intensity; he is recognizable within two notes. McLean was one of the few bop-oriented players of the early '50s who explored free jazz in the '60s, widening his emotional range and drawing from the new music qualities that fit his musical personality. The son of guitarist John McLean (who played guitar with Tiny Bradshaw), Jackie started on alto when he was 15. As a teenager he was friends with such neighbors as Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, and Sonny Rollins. He made his recording debut with Miles Davis in 1951 and the rest of the decade could be considered his apprenticeship. McLean worked with George Wallington, Charles Mingus, and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (1956-1958). He also participated on a string of jam session-flavored records for Prestige and New Jazz which, due to the abysmal pay and his developing style, he later disowned. Actually they are not bad but pale in comparison to McLean's classic series of 21 Blue Note albums (1959-1967). On sessions such as One Step Beyond and Destination Out, McLean really stretches and challenges himself; this music is quite original and intense yet logical. McLean also appeared as a sideman on some sessions for Blue Note (most notably with Tina Brooks, acted in the stage play The Connection (1959-1961), and led his own groups on a regular basis. By 1968, however, he was moving into the jazz education field and other than some SteepleChase records from 1972-1974 (including two meetings with his early idol Dexter Gordon) and an outing for RCA (1978-1979), McLean was less active as a player during the '70s. However in the '80s Jackie McLean returned to a more active playing schedule (sometimes with his son René McLean on tenor), recording for Triloka, Antilles, and most recently (with a renewed relationship) with Blue Note -- without losing the intensity and passion of his earlier days.
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Jackie McLean has long had his own sound, played slightly sharp and with great intensity; he is recognizable within two notes. McLean was one of the few bop-oriented players of the early '50s who explored free jazz in the '60s, widening his emotional range and drawing from the new music qualities that fit his musical personality.
The son of guitarist John McLean (who played guitar with Tiny Bradshaw), Jackie started on alto when he was 15. As a teenager he was friends with such neighbors as Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, and Sonny Rollins. He made his recording debut with Miles Davis in 1951 and the rest of the decade could be considered his apprenticeship. McLean worked with George Wallington, Charles Mingus, and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (1956-1958). He also participated on a string of jam session-flavored records for Prestige and New Jazz which, due to the abysmal pay and his developing style, he later disowned. Actually they are not bad but pale in comparison to McLean's classic series of 21 Blue Note albums (1959-1967). On sessions such as One Step Beyond and Destination Out, McLean really stretches and challenges himself; this music is quite original and intense yet logical. McLean also appeared as a sideman on some sessions for Blue Note (most notably with Tina Brooks, acted in the stage play The Connection (1959-1961), and led his own groups on a regular basis. By 1968, however, he was moving into the jazz education field and other than some SteepleChase records from 1972-1974 (including two meetings with his early idol Dexter Gordon) and an outing for RCA (1978-1979), McLean was less active as a player during the '70s. However in the '80s Jackie McLean returned to a more active playing schedule (sometimes with his son René McLean on tenor), recording for Triloka, Antilles, and most recently (with a renewed relationship) with Blue Note -- without losing the intensity and passion of his earlier days.
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One Step Beyond
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Note Records am 01.01.1964
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Let Freedom Ring
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Note Records am 01.05.1963
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Vertigo
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Note Records am 01.01.1963
This 1980 recording released for the first time -- "Formidable" from a 1959 session and five numbers from a 1963 McLean set. While "Formidable" has a ...
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Destination...Out!
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Note Records am 20.09.1963
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It's Time!
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Note Records am 05.08.1964
Recorded in 1964, Jackie McLean's band for It's Time includes trumpeter Charles Tolliver, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Cecil McBee, and drummer Roy ...
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4, 5 And 6 (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster)
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Prestige am 01.07.1956
In 1956 Jackie McLean was only beginning to assert himself as a true individualist on the alto saxophone, exploring the lime-flavored microtones of hi ...
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Right Now
Jackie McLean
Rock - Erschienen bei Blue Note Records am 01.09.1966
With the exception of a beautiful ballad version of Larry Willis' "Poor Eric," the music here (also available in Mosaic's four-disc Jackie McLean box ...
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Street Singer
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Note Records am 02.10.1960
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Consequence
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Note Records am 03.12.1965
This 1965 session pairs Jackie McLean with Lee Morgan in the front line and features a rhythm section of pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Herbie Lewis, ...
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Action
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Note Records am 16.09.1964
This recording, whose music has been reissued as part of a Mosaic Jackie McLean box set, has several selections that are quite fascinating. McLean (al ...
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Bluesnik (Remastered)
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei RevOla am 01.02.1962
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The Complete Recordings: 1955-1959
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Playtime am 24.03.2014
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Vertigo
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Velvet am 01.01.1963
This 1980 recording released for the first time -- "Formidable" from a 1959 session and five numbers from a 1963 McLean set. While "Formidable" has a ...
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Destination...Out!
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Note Records am 20.09.1963
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Jackie's Bag (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Note Records am 01.01.1960
Qobuz’ SchallplattensammlungJackie's Bag is split between two different recording sessions: the first, from January 1959, was the first session Jackie McLean ever led for Blue No ...
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New Soil
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Note Records am 02.05.1959
New Soil wasn't the first session Jackie McLean recorded for Blue Note, but it was the first one released, and as the title suggests, the first glimme ...
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Swing, Swang, Swingin' (Remastered)
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Note Records am 01.03.1959
One of Jackie McLean's earliest Blue Notes, Swing, Swang, Swingin' parts company with the vast majority of his output for the label by concentrating c ...
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A Fickle Sonance
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Note Records am 01.11.1962
Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean was one of the few jazz players to come up through bebop and incorporate free jazz into his style. Even though A Fickle ...
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Capuchin Swing
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Note Records am 01.12.1960
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Jacknife
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Note Records am 12.04.1966
Jackie McLean's Jacknife sessions have had a peculiar and somewhat disjointed history in his discography. Initially issued in 1975 on a vinyl two-fer ...
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Lights Out! (Remastered)
Jackie McLean
Jazz - Erschienen bei RevOla am 01.06.1956
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