Time: 35:38
Size: 81.6 MB
Styles: Hard bop, Saxophone jazz
Year: 1957/2006
Art: Front
[8:30] 1. Bean And The Boys
[7:06] 2. What's New
[2:56] 3. I Never Knew
[5:05] 4. I Hear A Rhapsody
[5:25] 5. Jackie's Ghost
[6:34] 6. Chasin' The Bird
Makin' the Changes features altoist Jackie McLean in two different settings. On three selections -- a rollicking "Bean and the Boys," an up-tempo "I Never Knew" and "I Hear a Rhapsody" -- McLean teams up with pianist Mal Waldron in a quartet with bassist Arthur Phipps and drummer Art Taylor. The other three numbers ("What's New," " "Chasin' the Bird" and McLean's original "Jackie's Ghost") have more of a jam session feel, and feature McLean in a sextet with trumpeter Webster Young, trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist Gil Coggins, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Louis Hayes. In general, the hard bop music is swinging and fairly advanced, a step above the usual jam sessions of the time. ~Scott Yanow
Makin' The Changes
J.McLean is always welcome! Thanks a lot! Early albums such as this one, or "Lights Out!" (1956) with Donald Byrd, are undervalued gems... Cheers.
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