Jackie McLean – Makin’ the Changes (1960)

New Jazz – NJLP 8231Rec. Dates : February 15, 1957, August 30, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax, Tenor Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Arthur Phipps, Paul ChambersDrums : Art Taylor, Louis HayesPiano : Mal Waldron, Gil CogginsTrombone : Curtis FullerTrumpet : Webster Young Cashbox : 06/25/1960 McLean‘s emergence as a major new alto voice is marked by heaving recording activity, of which this session

Miles Davis – Volume Two (1956)

Blue Note – BLP 1502Rec. Dates : May 9, 1952, April 20, 1953, March 6, 1954 Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Oscar Pettiford, Percy HeathDrums : Kenny Clarke, Art BlakeyPiano : Gil Coggins, Horace SilverTenor Sax : Jimmy HeathTrombone : J.J. Johnson Strictlyheadies : 01/10/2019Stream this Album Liner Notes by Leonard Feather At the end of 1955 Miles Davis received an unexpected Christmas gift.

Miles Davis – Volume One (1956)

Blue Note – BLP 1501Rec. Dates : May 9, 1952, April 20, 1953 Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Oscar Pettiford, Percy HeathDrums : Kenny Clarke, Art BlakeyPiano : Gil CogginsTenor Sax : Jimmy HeathTrombone : J.J. Johnson Strictlyheadies : 01/09/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 02/04/1956 An important jazz issue for “modernists,” Blue Note apparently has begun conversion of its catalog to