Jackie McLean

paper sleeve EDITION

The evolution of Jackie McLean’s music documented on One Step Beyond and New And Old Gospel continued through the solo concerts he gave in the runup to the millennium. He was, to use Anthony Braxton’s term, a restructuralist, who first reengineered the bebop vocabulary, and then gleaned aspects of subsequent movements, always putting his indelible stamp on the resulting music. Each step along the way, he resolutely remained Jackie Mac.

PERSONNEL, TRACKS & DATES ON [1-4]

• Jackie McLean - (alto saxophone)
• Grachan Moncur III - (trombone)
• Bobby Hutcherson - (vibraphone)
• Eddie Khan double - (bass)
• Anthony Williams - (drums)

• 01 Saturday And Sunday
• 02 Frankenstein
• 03 Blue Rondo
• 04 Ghost Town
• Recorded April 30, 1963 at Van Gelder Studio

PERSONNEL, TRACKS & DATES ON [5-7]

• Jackie McLean - (alto saxophone)
• Ornette Coleman - (trumpet)
• LaMont Johnson - (piano)
• Scotty Holt - (double bass)
• Billy Higgins - (drums)

• 05 Lifeline
• 5A Offspring
• 5B Midway
• 5C Vernsone
• 5D The Inevitable End
• 06 Old Gospel
• 07 Strange As It Seams
• Recorded March 24, 1967 at Van Gelder Studio