180 Gram Gatefold LP
THE COMPLETE LP + 2 BONUS TRACKS
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.
Side A:
1 HIP STRUT (Jackie McLean) 11:15
2 MINOR APPREHENSION (Jackie McLean) 7:30
3 LOODLE-LOT (Walter Davis Jr.) 5:59*
Side B:
1 GREASY (Jackie McLean) 7:30
2 SWEET CAKES (Walter Davis Jr.) 6:41
3 DAVIS CUP (Walter Davis Jr.) 5:25
4 MILLIE’S DELIGHT (Walter Davis Jr.) 5:07*
JACKIE McLEAN, alto sax
DONALD BYRD, trumpet
WALTER DAVIS Jr., piano
PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
PETE LA ROCA, drums
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, May 2, 1959.
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.
Side A:
1 HIP STRUT (Jackie McLean) 11:15
2 MINOR APPREHENSION (Jackie McLean) 7:30
3 LOODLE-LOT (Walter Davis Jr.) 5:59*
Side B:
1 GREASY (Jackie McLean) 7:30
2 SWEET CAKES (Walter Davis Jr.) 6:41
3 DAVIS CUP (Walter Davis Jr.) 5:25
4 MILLIE’S DELIGHT (Walter Davis Jr.) 5:07*
JACKIE McLEAN, alto sax
DONALD BYRD, trumpet
WALTER DAVIS Jr., piano
PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
PETE LA ROCA, drums
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, May 2, 1959.
