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Tuba Sounds
By Ray Draper
Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Terry Anne;
You're My Thrill;
Pivot;
Jackie's Dolly;
Mimi's Interlude;
House of Davis
Vertigo
Label: Blue Note
Released: 2000
Track listing: Marney; Dusty Foot; Formidable; Vertigo; Cheers; Yams;
Jackie McLean: Nature Boy
by Mark Corroto
The best analogy I could use to describe alto saxophonist Jackie McLean’s sound is that of a boxer. Maybe Rocky Graziano or Jake LaMotta, scratching, clawing and always coming at you with everything he’s got. McLean, a childhood friend of Sonny Rollins, studied with Bud Powell and eventually Charlie Parker. His musical bloodline runs directly from ...
Jackie McLean: Nature Boy
by Jim Santella
At 67, Jackie McLean sounds better than ever. Highly recommended, his latest album surrounds that distinctive alto saxophone tone with a seasoned trio, presenting classic songs – the kinds of songs that got us interested in jazz in the first place. “Nature Boy" swings lightly with a loose bebop flavor after McLean first offers the melody ...
Jackie McLean & The MacBand: Fire & Love
by AAJ Staff
After not doing nearly enough recording in the 1980s, Jackie McLean has been quite active in the 1990s--first on Triloka, then Antilles and now Blue Note with the excellent Fire & Love. The Macband is a hard-driving septet that unites the bracing and distinctive altoist with his tenor-playing son Rene McLean, trumpeter Raymond Williams, trombonist Steve ...
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