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JAZZ ON SUNDAY: JACKIE McLEAN - NEW YORK 1990

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JACKIE McLEAN
New York 1990 [JALC Soundboard Master, 2CD]
The Music of Jackie McLean, Dedicated to Walter Davis, Jr.  Live at Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY; August 4, 1990. Very good soundboard. Another Goody Audio Upgrade.

Thanks to Goody for sharing the show at Dime.

Original comment:
These discs had some issues and I had to splice sections together. Fortunately none of the music was affected.

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American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator Jackie McLean is one of the few musicians to be elected to the DownBeat Hall of Fame in the year of their death. Along with Sonny Rollins, McLean played on Miles Davis’ Dig album, when he was 20 years old. McLean’s early recordings as leader were in the hard bop school. He later became an exponent of modal jazz without abandoning his foundation in hard bop. Throughout his career he was known for a distinctive tone, akin to the tenor saxophone and often described with such adjectives as “bitter-sweet”, “piercing”, or “searing”, a slightly sharp pitch, and a strong foundation in the blues. He passed away in 2006 at the age of 74. - wikipedia

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Disc 1 (Set 1)
Track 101. Announcer (fades in, already in progress) 1:44
Track 102. Zimbabwe 9:28 [Thanks to jazzbike2!]
Track 103. Speaker JM 0:33
Track 104. A House Is Not A Home 7:55
Track 105. Introducing Arthur Taylor & Larry Willis 1:39
Track 106. Bird Lives 8:10
Track 107. Introducing Curtis Fuller 0:54
Track 108. Little Melonae 11:57
Track 109. Introducing Wallace Roney 1:20
Track 110. Inding (aka Quadrangle) 9:10
Track 111. Introducing Benny Golson 2:49
Track 112. Minor March 13:45
70 mins

Disc 2 (Set 2)
Track 201. Tuning 1:00
Track 202. Appointment In Ghana 8:41 %
Track 203. Medley For Dolly 9:31 #
Track 204. Announcement 1:22
Track 205. Blue Fable (aka Jack’s tune) 9:30
Track 206. Speaker JM 0:59
Track 207. Walter Davis Ascending 6:35 *
Track 208. Melody For Melonae 9:02 $
Track 209. Dig - Thanks from JM 14:20 %
61 mins

Lineup:
Jackie McLean - as, composer
Hotep Idris Galeta - p
Alan Jay Palmer - p
Larry Willis - p and arranger#
Alan Palmer - p*
Nat Reeves - b
Ray Drummond - b
Carl Allen - d
Arthur Taylor - d
Kenny Washington - d
Wynton Marsalis - tp
Wallace Roney - tp
Earl Gardner - tp
Curtis Fuller - tb and arranger%
Benny Golson - ts
Bob Stewart - tu
Don Sickler - conductor
Slide Hampton - arranger, conductor$

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