Jackie McLean - The Meeting, Vol.1 - VINYL LP

... Antiquity, an invigorating series of duets... (Gary Giddins, Village Voice)... highly enjoyable... (Cadence)... in a way, there are more music here than many releases with four or five participants... (Jørgen Frigård, Politiken)

Vinyl LP pressing. Jackie McLean pushed boundaries in this 1961 recording of A Fickle Sonance. McLean shows his artistry by being one of the few Jazz artists to incorporate freer jazz melodies into his hard-bop style. He raised the bar with his style's evolution was backed by an incredibly talented group of musicians which included Tommy Turrentine on Trumpet, pianist Sonny Clark, bassist Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins on drums.

Jackie McLean - InchJacknife (Blue Note Tone Poet Edition)Inch. Jackie McLean's evocative 1965 album Jacknife captured the saxophonist in a post-bop mode with trumpeters Lee Morgan and Charles Tolliver, pianist Larry Willis, bassist Larry Ridley, and drummer Jack DeJohnette. McLean's fiery sound ignites modal explorations, churning rhythms, and hard bop grooves. This stereo Blue Note Tone Poet Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.