Time: 45:43
Size: 104.7 MB
Styles: Bop, Saxophone jazz
Year: 1956/2013
Art: Front
[12:56] 1. Lights Out
[ 4:44] 2. Up
[ 6:23] 3. Lorraine
[ 6:21] 4. A Foggy Day
[ 8:48] 5. Kerplunk
[ 6:28] 6. Inding
Altoist Jackie McLean's second session as a leader is reissued on this CD. The music that he makes with trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianist Elmo Hope, bassist Doug Watkins and drummer Art Taylor is essentially hard bop with fairly simple (or in some cases nonexistent) melody statements preceding two romps through the "I Got Rhythm" chord changes, a pair of blues, a thinly disguised "Embraceable You" and a straightforward version of "A Foggy Day." Enjoyable if not really essential music from the up-and-coming altoist. ~Scott Yanow
Lights Out!
This one is great! The 1st. theme has an incredible piano intro, then JAckie's alto pierces in a slow tempo blues (BTW very similar to a Parker's tune, but slower). It was the album with which I fell in love with jazz! Cheers Daniel, from Spain...
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