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Jackie McLean's 1960's Blue Note Recordings

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  On 11/25/2014 at 6:37 PM, jlhoots said:

The Connection (1960) is a Redd album, but I've always thought of it as equally (at least) Jackie's.

If non leader albums are included then "Davis Cup" and of course "Cool and Struttin" must figure as some of the best. I'd love to hear a decent vinyl copy of Davis Cup as it and New Soil are top drawer.

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  On 11/20/2014 at 10:33 PM, BFrank said:

I liked him when he was paired up with Lee Morgan, too - like Tom Cat, Charisma, Sixth Sense.

Don't forget Lee-Way with Jackie's slashing solo on These Are Soulful Days!

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  On 11/26/2014 at 3:45 AM, Cali said:

I liked him when he was paired up with Lee Morgan, too - like Tom Cat, Charisma, Sixth Sense.

Don't forget Lee-Way with Jackie's slashing solo on These Are Soulful Days!

And "Cornbread."

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  On 11/26/2014 at 4:47 AM, Mark Stryker said:

I liked him when he was paired up with Lee Morgan, too - like Tom Cat, Charisma, Sixth Sense.

Don't forget Lee-Way with Jackie's slashing solo on These Are Soulful Days!

And "Cornbread."

That one too. :tup

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sidewinder

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  On 11/26/2014 at 5:08 AM, JSngry said:

Ok, hello Sixth Sense, hello Frank Mitchell, hello too much reverb, but hello who cares?

I didn't when I first heard it on a Liberty cassette. Still a major favourite !

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  On 11/21/2014 at 12:39 AM, JSngry said:

[W]ouldn't it be worth a consideration to ponder a pairing of Jackie with Alan Shorter and/or his book?

I'd take that over the Ornette record. McLean and Al Shorter playing Shorter's tunes — some truly new gospel.

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Off topic: The cat who really shines on "Byrd in Flight" -- besides the leader -- is Hank Mobley. The tracks with him were recorded in early 1960, right at the start of his great 2-year run that gave us "Soul Station," "Roll Call," "Workout" and "Another Workout." This is a quintessential Blue Note hard bop track with a particularly great, note-perfect Mobley solo. So fluid rhythmically and melodically. So poised.

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  On 11/26/2014 at 7:51 PM, Clunky said:

Byrd in Flight is DB's best BN session . Everything is perfect on this date. The bonus tracks on the Conn edition are equally good.

We should probably take this into a Byrd forum for more discussion but for me "Royal Flush" is Byrd's best all-around BN, even though his chops had definitely begun to slide by the fall of 1961 when it was recorded. But between the playing of everyone, the quality and diversity of Byrd's compositions, the formal debut of Herbie Hancock and the Warren/Higgins beat I like it best

Reasonable people can certainly disagree ...

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  On 11/26/2014 at 8:02 PM, Mark Stryker said:

Byrd in Flight is DB's best BN session . Everything is perfect on this date. The bonus tracks on the Conn edition are equally good.

We should probably take this into a Byrd forum for more discussion but for me "Royal Flush" is Byrd's best all-around BN, even though his chops had definitely begun to slide by the fall of 1961 when it was recorded. But between the playing of everyone, the quality and diversity of Byrd's compositions, the formal debut of Herbie Hancock and the Warren/Higgins beat I like it best

Reasonable people can certainly disagree ...

Good point I forgot about "Royal Flush" which is indeed of a very high calibre.

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  On 11/26/2014 at 8:02 PM, Mark Stryker said:

... for me "Royal Flush" is Byrd's best all-around BN ...

I have a soft spot for this one. My first Byrd purchase (on vinyl, back in the day).

But, for me, the Half Note recordings take the cake.

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Rooster_Ties

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  On 11/26/2014 at 4:00 PM, clifford_thornton said:

Have you heard it?

I wish, but no. I've heard told variously that the tapes are lost, and/or that the drummer on the date was sufficiently 'not good' enough to have soured the whole session (supposedly the reason Jackie never wanted it released).

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  On 11/24/2014 at 3:01 PM, Larry Kart said:

McLean BN leader dates

1959

• Jackie McLean - Jackie's Bag (Blue Note BLP 4051)

• Jackie McLean - Vertigo (Blue Note LT-1085)

• Jackie McLean - New Soil (Blue Note BLP 4013)

• Jackie McLean - Swing, Swang, Swingin' (Blue Note BLP 4024)

1960

Larry

• Jackie McLean - Capuchin Swing (Blue Note BLP 4038)

• Jackie McLean/Tina Brooks - Street Singer (Blue Note (J) GXF-3067)

1961

• Jackie McLean - Bluesnik (Blue Note BLP 4067)

• Jackie McLean - A Fickle Sonance (Blue Note BLP 4089)

1962 (age 30)

• Jackie McLean - Let Freedom Ring (Blue Note BLP 4106)

• • Jackie McLean - Hipnosis (Blue Note BN-LA483-H2)

• Jackie McLean - Tippin' The Scales (Blue Note (J) GXF-3062)

•1963

• Jackie McLean - One Step Beyond (Blue Note BLP 4137)

• • Jackie McLean - Destination... Out! (Blue Note BLP 4165)

• Jackie McLean - It's Time! (Blue Note BLP 4179)

• Jackie McLean - Action (Blue Note BLP 4218)

1965

• Jackie McLean - Right Now! (Blue Note BLP 4215)

• • Jackie McLean - Jacknife (Blue Note BN-LA457-H2)

• Jackie McLean - Consequence (Blue Note LT-994)

1967

• Jackie McLean - New And Old Gospel (Blue Note BLP 4262)

• Jackie McLean - 'Bout Soul (Blue Note BST 84284)

• Jackie McLean - Demon's Dance (Blue Note BST 84345)

Larry has done a nice job by showing Jackie's sessions by the year they were recorded. It makes it very clear that the albums i like the most are from 1959, 1960, and 1961.

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Larry Kart

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More accurate (got some dates wrong, lopped off year indications by mistake in copying) and more complete (includes sideman dates):

1960 1961 1962 (age 30) 1963 1964 1965 1966

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