Jackie McLean - 4, 5 and 6 - 1956 (2001 20-Bit K2)

Jackie McLean - 4, 5 and 6
Жанр: Hard Bop
Год издания: 2001
Издатель (лейбл): Prestige (20-Bit K2)
Номер по каталогу: PRCD-7048-2
Страна: США
Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 44:54
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Треклист:
01. Sentimental Journey (Green-Brown-Homer) - 9:54
02. Why Was I Born? (Kern-Hammerstein) - 5:13
03. Contour (Drew) - 4:59
04. Confirmation (Parker) - 11:20
05. When I Fall in Love (Heyman-Young) - 5:32
06. Abstraction (Waldron) - 7:56
Состав:
Jackie McLean - alto saxophone
Donald Byrd - trumpet (#3,4,6)
Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone (#4)
Mal Waldron - piano
Doug Watkins - bass
Arthur Taylor - drums
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ on July 13 (#1-3), and July 20 (#4-6), 1956.
Mastering engineer - Shigeo Miyamoto under supervision of Tamaki Beck for JVC Studios.

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Review by Michael G. Nastos

In 1956 Jackie McLean was only beginning to assert himself as a true individualist on the alto saxophone, exploring the lime-flavored microtones of his instrument that purists or the misinformed perceived as being off-key or out of tune. 4, 5 and 6 presents McLean's quartet on half the date, and tunes with an expanded quintet, and one sextet track -- thus the title. Mal Waldron, himself an unconventional pianist willing to explore different sizings and shadings of progressive jazz, is a wonderful complement for McLean's notions, with bassist Doug Watkins and drummer Art Taylor the impervious team everyone wanted for his rhythm section at the time. The quartet versions of Sentimental Journey, Why Was I Born?, and When I Fall in Love range from totally bluesy, to hard bop ribald, to pensive and hopeful, respectively. These are three great examples of McLean attempting to make the tunes his own, adding a flattened, self-effaced, almost grainy-faced texture to the music without concern for the perfectness of the melody. Donald Byrd joins the fray on his easygoing bopper Contour, where complex is made simple and enjoyable, while Hank Mobley puts his tenor sax to the test on the lone and lengthy sextet track, a rousing version of Charlie Parker's risk-laden Confirmation. It's Waldron's haunting ballad Abstraction, with Byrd and McLean's quick replies, faint and dour, that somewhat illuminates the darker side. As a stand-alone recording, 4, 5 and 6 does not break barriers, but does foreshadow the future of McLean as an innovative musician in an all-too-purist mainstream jazz world.

Другие издания: OJC, RVG.