Description
Jackie McLean – New Soil
180 gram vinyl
It was Charles Mingus who, in the mid-1950s, first tried to alter Jackie McLean's playing style, which was fully entrenched in Charlie Parker's sound at the time. "I never really sounded like Bird, but that was my mission", said McLean during a WBGO radio interview. "I didn't care if people said that I copied him; I loved Bird's playing so much. But Mingus was the one that really pushed me away from the idea and forced me into thinking about having an individual sound and concept." McLean (born in New York on May 17, 1931; he died on March 31, 2006, at the age of 73) is featured here on his LP New Soil. Although it wasn't the first session he recorded for Blue Note, it was the first one released. As the title suggests, McLean's main goal on this album was to go beyond the limits of bop. ****(*)AllMusic"It could be argued that McLean never recorded a bad album for Blue Note, and New Soil got his career with the label off to a terrifically stimulating start."(Steve Huey)
Product Details
Format: VINYL ALBUM
SKU: 37164LP
UPC: 8436569193679
Street Date: 10/11/19
Label: Jazz Images
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Hard Bop
Run Time: 40 mins
Number of Discs: 1
Audio: STEREO
Year of Production: 2019
Tracklist:
A1 Hip Strut 11:15
A2 Minor Apprehension 7:30
A3 Loodle-Lot 5:59
B1 Greasy 7:30
B2 Sweet Cakes 6:41
B3 Davis Cup 5:25
B4 Millie’s Delight 5:07
