Blue Note – BLP 4013Rec. Date : May 2, 1959 Alto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Pete La RocaPiano : Walter Davis, Jr.Trumpet : Donald Byrd Strictlyheadies : 07/30/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 10/31/1959 McLean is one of the individual and important new alto voices today and this Blue Note date enables him to demonstrate his surging, hard driving…
Prestige – PRLP 7119Rec. Date : March 5, 1957 Guitar : Kenny Burrell, Jimmy RaneyAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Mal WaldronTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #213Stream this Album Billboard : 02/10/1958Three stars Raney and Burrell, two of the more productive modern guitarists, are showcased very well here. Both display ample technical equipment and the…
Prestige – PRLP 7117Rec. Dates : February 25, 1957, March 22, 1957 Drums : Art TaylorAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Wendell Marshall, Paul ChambersPiano : Ray Bryant, Red GarlandTenor Sax : Charlie Rouse, John ColtraneTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #211Stream this Album (Youtube only) Billboard : 12/30/1957Score of 77 An assemblage of ‘hard-swingers’ under the leadership of drummer Art Taylor – D. Byrd, J. McLean, C. Rouse, R.…
Blue Note – BLP 4007Rec. Date : December 21, 1958 Trumpet : Donald ByrdAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBaritone Sax : Pepper AdamsBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Wynton Kelly Strictlyheadies : July 08, 2019Stream this Album Billboard : 03/30/1959Three Stars This is Donald Byrd‘s first waxing as a leader and his first for the label since his trip to Europe last…
Prestige – PRLP 7114Rec. Date : May 3, 1957 Alto Sax : Jackie McLean, John JenkinsBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Wade Legge Listening to Prestige : #232Stream this Album (YT only) Billboard : 02/10/1958Two stars A blowing session of sporting altoists J. Mclean and John Jenkins, both bearing the stamp of Charlie Parker a little too blatantly. Of the two, McLean shows more…
Prestige – PRLP 7111Rec. Dates : April 19, 1957, May 17, 1957 Piano : Mal WaldronAlto Sax : Jackie McLean, Sahib ShihabBass : Julian EuellDrums : Art Taylor, Ed ThigpenTenor Sax : John ColtraneTrumpet : Bill Hardman, Idrees Sulieman Listening to Prestige : #225 & #237Stream this Album Billboard : 12/16/1957Score of 71 Waldron‘s fleet, concise style of piano is highly reminiscent of Bud Powell. While Waldron and…
Prestige – PRLP 7110Rec. Date : April 12, 1957 Tenor Sax : Gene AmmonsAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Mal WaldronTrumpet : Idrees Sulieman Listening to Prestige : #222Stream this Album Billboard : 12/16/1957Score of 75 This is one of the better sets by Ammons for the label. Highlight is an a-tempo expression of Pennies From Heaven by…
Atlantic – 1305Rec. Date : 02/04/1959Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusAlto Sax : Jackie McLean, John HandyBaritone Sax : Pepper AdamsDrums : Dannie RichmondPiano : Horace Parlan, Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Booker ErvinTrombone : Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis Billboard : 03/21/1960Three stars Charlie Mingus gets a chance in this set to display some earthy, done home, churchy style of music, mainly cast in the blues…
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…
Columbia – CL 1040Rec. Dates : December 12, 1956, December 13, 1956Stream this Album Drums : Art BlakeyAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Spanky DeBrestPiano : Sam DockeryTrumpet : Bill Hardman Billboard : 10/28/1957Score of 80 A leaping, boppish session that is notable for wealth of stark, emotionally direct solos, and integrated thrust of group as a whole. Most memorable…
