Jackie Blue

1. Black Sky

2. If You Wanna Get to Heaven

3. Homemade Wine

4. It'll Shine When It Shines

5. Fly Away Home

6. Country Girl

7. You Made It Right

8. Walkin' Down the Road

9. Jackie Blue

10. Chicken Train

Tracks:

Melody For Meloniae
I'll Keep Loving You
Rene
Omega

Customer Reviews:

What would you listen to if you had no fear?.......2007-04-25

What would you play if you had no fear? What would you listen to if you didn't have to explain it to the others, to your family, to your boss? It would sound like jazz. Let freedom ring. Let play it and listen to "Omega" in particular. Give you an opportunity.

jazzlover314.......2006-03-10

This is a great CD. I listen to it over and over and it just gets better everytime. I've been meaning to pick up some Jackie McLean since I first heard his Right Now album back in the 70's and I'm delighted. He is so inventive and creative. Another strong influence ont he CD is the drumer Billy Higgins. Somehow every thing he does seems to bring out the best in the other players.

Let Freedom Ring.......2005-03-01

Being that I'm a huge fan of Jackie McLean's straight-ahead hard bop sessions, I didn't think I would like this session when I picked it up. After popping this disc into my cd player when I got home, I could tell from the first few seconds of "Melody for Melonae" that I couldn't have been more wrong. This is definitely one of McLean's best, which says a lot since his discography is so vast. After hearing this session, you will probably wonder why the quartet on the four tracks (McLean, Walter Davis, Jr. on piano, Herbie Lewis on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums) did not become a working group because they work so well together! All four tracks on this masterpiece are gems and there's not one I favor over the others. They are all different and good in their own way. Three of the four tunes ("Melody for Melonae", "Rene", and "Omega") are originals written by Jackie. Interestingly enough, those three tunes are all written about members of McLean's family ("Melody for Melonae" is about his daughter, "Rene" is about his son, and "Omega is about his mother. That can probably explain why his playing seems to be filled with such emotion during the duration of these tracks. "I'll Keep Loving You", the other track on this cd, is a rarely-done Bud Powell ballad. All of those people who consider McLean to be too rough of an alto player will change their minds immediately after hearing the coda on this track. His playing is so tender that it kills me every time I hear it! All four of the members of this ensemble are highlighted throughout, but this is definitely McLean's show and is one of the most personal albums he ever produced. So if you're a McLean fan, a fan of Coltrane, Shorter, or Coleman, or just dig jazz with feeling, then order this gem immediately!

Jackies break from conventional hard-bop.......2004-03-28

This record is, IMO, McLeans first really good record. McLean was a bebop veteran but unlike most of his colleagues he didn't put down Ornette Colemans innovations and this record shows that influence. McLean had recorded several albums before this one but they were in a conventional hard-bop mode, a style I'm not so fond of. McLeans best earlier playing was instead on Mingus-records like "Picanthropos Erectus" and the incredible "Blues and Roots (one of the best records ever made-listen to "Moanin"!!!). Mingus encouraged McLeans original,intense slightly out-of-tune playing and asked him to cut back on the Be-bop cliches. The first song on this album shows a great extension of the style on Mingus tracks like "Love chant". First the great theme (which doesn't sound hard-bop at all!!!), then an amazingly intense bluesy saxophone solo over a two-chord piano vamp with great drumming by Bill Higgins (of Ornette Colemans early group). Amazing stuff and one of my favourite McLean performances. Next comes a KILLER rendition of a Bud Powell ballad that is the highlight of the album IMO. McLeans playing is heart-wrenchingly beautiful. The next song, "Rene", features another long sax solo that almost wholly consists of pure blues-cliches. This may sound boring but the way McLean distorts and play with the well-known phrases saves it from being dull. Last is "Omega", a three-part number which, again, is awesome. While this record isn't as original as "Destination Out" or other albums in that vein, it's just as good. It's records like this that makes you want to go out and buy a saxophone and just BLOW!!!

one of my favorite Mclean cd's.......2004-01-30

Trying to pigeonhole this music is not an easy task, and maybe it is not necessary. Mclean grew up listening to Parker, and always retains some bebop in his playing. But, later influences, of Mingus and then Ornette Coleman, have encouraged him to find his own style. So he ventured on new territories and made some good music in the process.
This is not free jazz, because rhythmically Mclean is closer to bebop and hard bop, and because of Walter Davis' presence on the piano. What this music IS, is very expressive, original, and rich. Mclean is not a genious improvisor on the level of Coleman, Dolphy or Parker. But he has a lot to say, and a very attracrive way of saying it.
The four tracks are all interesting, and I especially like the first and the last. Sometimes it is obvious that Mclean goes into the high pitched shrieks involuntarily, as a result of his powerful blowing, but chooses to stay with them and add them as legitimate sounds.
It is interesting to note that the name of the cd is taken from the "I have a dream" speech by Martin Luther King, which was made a full year after the music was recorded. Since it is unlikely that King borrowed from Mclean, I suppose the album was named and released a long while after it was recorded.

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sweeping and expansive
dance with the demon in the pale moonlight....

Demon's Dance
Jackie McLean
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
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Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

Demon's Dance
Toyland
Boo Ann's Grand
Sweet Love Of Mine
Floogeh
Message From Trane

Customer Reviews:

sweeping and expansive.......2007-04-28

"Demon's Dance" is a mesmerizing Jackie McLean and crew release, done for Blue Note in 1967. Accompanying Mclean are some skilled and practiced sidemen, including Woody Shaw (t), Lamont Johnson (p), Scott Holt (b) and Jack DeJohnette (d). Lamont Johnson and Scott Holt had worked frequently with Mclean in the past, providing wonderful rhythmic accompaniment. Mclean, a veteran of the Horace Silver Quintet and a collaborator with the late Eric Dolphy, shines through on alto sax on the title track especially.

"Toyland" is a stark and emotive piece, showcasing Jackie wooing listeners with a forlorn horn and featuring a superb solo by Lamont Johnson on piano. The slick fast beat of "Boo Ann's Grand", combined with the rich overtones of "Sweet Love of Mine" and the high gear gripping performance of McLean on "Floogeh" make the overall result of this session amazing. The final track on this date was "Message to Trane", clearly done in reference and tribute to the late John Coltrane. This Rudy Van Gelder Edition 24-bit remaster of McLean's 1967 album provides remarkable sound quality for listeners. Buy "Demon's Dance" today, you'll be glad that you did.

dance with the demon in the pale moonlight...........2006-09-15

I could go on and on about McLean's blue notes, as I have assembled a pretty complete collection of his dates and clutch sideman issues. He always plays with an edge, a tone that not all people dig (especially purists), and a searching concept that never leaves behind what Bud Powell taught him. He led many great bands of many great future stars, and this is another one. The first two tracks are the cream of this session. McLean's lead-off title composition on the record is a classic, and the second track a haunting low-key vehicle for his sound (Shaw doesn't solo). These tracks are arresting, and the rest is good but similar in execution to lots of other things he was doing around this time. They're not bad, they just don't grab you like the first two, and will likely deepen after repeated listens. If you like this stuff, I would check out the records he made with Charles Tolliver (It's Time, Action, Jacknife) which are my personal favorites.

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Five-star singer and production.
Sensational disc
Shes one of most awesome jazz/pop singers with some soul mixed in
Smoothjazz.com Review
Just right

Tangled
Jackie Allen
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
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ASIN: B000FC2FWO
Release Date: 2006-05-23

Tracks:

When Will I Ever Learn
Coal Grey Eyes
You're Nearer
If I Had
Tangled
Slip
You'll Never Learn
Everything I've Got Belongs To You
Hot Stone Soup
Do Wrong Shoes
Solitary Moon
Living Without You

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Since moving to Chicago from Milwaukee in the early '90s, Jackie Allen has been one of the Windy City's least-peggable jazz singers, maintaining an independence of spirit even as she mined standards. So while the eclectic pop turn she takes on Tangled, her Blue Note debut, may catch some fans by surprise, it isn't as much of a departure as it may seem. Recorded in Chicago with a cast of excellent local players including pianist Laurence Hobgood (Kurt Elling's creative partner) and guitarist John Moulder, it cohesively showcases Allen's fresh approach to classics (including a slyly broken-down treatment of Rodgers & Hart's "Everything I've Got Belongs to You"), her sultry way with ballads (one of which was written by her husband, bassist Hans Sturm) and her literate songwriting gifts. While the album may make its strongest commercial connection with her churchy, Norah Jones-ish reading of Van Morrison's "When Will I Ever Learn" and its yearning cover of Randy Newman's "Living Without You," it is more strongly defined by its originals, which encompass moody folk-rock, horn-fed funk, jazz-rock fusion and samba. As a kind of bonus, Tangled includes the first recording of Donald Fagen's nightcrawling "Do Wrong Shoes," which brings out the sassiness in Allen. --Lloyd Sachs

Customer Reviews:

Five-star singer and production........2007-06-09

It's certainly a highly-competitive field, but among female "jazz" vocalists Jackie Allen rises to the top in the Midwest/Chicago area. Her move to a major label is well-deserved. It assures her of top-notch production values, some help with distribution, and apparently her former liberties of choosing her own material.

There are some jazz influences, but nothing, contrary to a previous reviewer's observation, resembling "straightahead jazz" (a couple of Rodgers and Hart songs are favorites of some jazz artists, Fagen's "Do Wrong Shoes" has a bit of swinging 4/4, and Johnny Mandell's "Solitary Moon," the album's highlight, would be worthy of any jazz artist). Call it eclectic, genre-resistant, or simply tasteful "adult contemporary"--besides the jazz traces there's plenty of contemporary pop, some light latin, new age folk/country, and light rock. Jackie's penchant for the sound of guitar appears to be influencing her direction in the past 5-10 years, taking her ever a bit further away from the American Songbook and hip, swinging interpretations.

"You're Nearer" is a considerable distance from, say, Shirley Horn's reading, but with Jackie's intimate, personal sound, it would work in any setting. The real "misfire" is "Everything I've Got Belongs to You," which requires a two-faced, innocent/dangerous femme fatale persona (not the cold-blooded sadist of Jackie's chilling reading) as well as listeners who don't have a tin ear for irony (increasingly hard to find these days). The Islamic prohibitions about the use of God's name make more sense to me after hearing Jackie's opener, "When Will I Ever Learn" (Van Morrison). It works only with Berlin's "God Bless America" (thank God, Irving didn't title it "God Blesses America," or it, too, would have to go into the prohibited pile).

The examples of singers like Tierney Sutton and Karrin Allyson do show that going it as a female jazz singer these days is grueling (figure on becoming a full-time employer of a crack piano trio, for one thing) but not impossible. Hearing Jackie do things like "Spain" and "Come Fly With Me" (from "Men in My Life"), however, does lead me to believe she'd have a good shot, if the desire, perseverance, and energy are still there. Even the evidence on this recording, especially "Solitary Moon," attests to the enduring presence of her talent--and, of course, of that "special sound"--intimate, warm, inviting, glowing and vibrant as ever.

Sensational disc.......2006-06-30

This tops her wonderful Love is Blue release. A very underrated vocalist who is worth wider recognition.

Shes one of most awesome jazz/pop singers with some soul mixed in.......2006-06-28

Jackie allens soars on this cd awesome voice awesome songs. a must buy Cd. Her 03 is really awesome as well.Theses cds of hers show off how awesome voice she truly has.

Smoothjazz.com Review.......2006-06-16

Jackie Allen is a pioneer...a singer who thrives in the juxtaposition of jazz and pop music, as evidenced so clearly in this, her 8th album released since her recording debut in 1994. TANGLED is her first for Blue Note, and an auspicious start. This is just flat out top-notch stuff, as she joins the growing stable of Blue Note's pioneering female vocalists...Cassandra Wilson, Norah Jones, Patricia Barber, and Dianne Reeves. That's good company, and she deserves to be there. TANGLED is one of those albums that defy categorization, as she deftly and effortlessly moves from straight-ahead jazz (her read on the Rodgers & Hart tune, "You're Nearer" is incredibly tender and beautiful) to folk-rock (she colors van Morrison's "When Will I Ever Learn" with almost a gospel feel). This collection of tunes is varied and well-balanced, with originals from her band, three of her own collaborations with poet/writer Oryna Schiffman, and some well-chosen works from the pens of others, including a ballad take on Randy Newman's "Living Without You" and a jaunty, sassy treatment of Donald Fagen's previously unrecorded "Do Wrong Shoes." As Ms. Allen puts it, "The elements of jazz and pop have always been mixed in my life. They all swing around in my head." There may have been a time in the past when this cross-pollination might have been perceived as way niched, but no longer. Jackie Allen's music is fresh, and hip and oh, so today! TANGLED is most definitely a must-have! ~SCOTT O'BRIEN

Just right.......2006-06-11

Good quality recording - mix is good.
This CD is a very enjoyable listen.

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Time and Space
One of the best jazz records ever made!!!
avant garde jazz 1963
Once Again, Destination Out Of This World

Destination Out!
Jackie McLean
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ASIN: B0002KQNZY
Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

Love And Hate
Esoteric
Kahlil The Prophet
Riff Raff

Customer Reviews:

Time and Space.......2007-02-03

I bought this cd from Amazon at the same time as Jacknife and Capuchin Swing. Although the other two were good, this one was clearly the best of the three. It has a unique use of space and timing that I have not heard for a long time. Although the music does not cross the line into atonality it sometimes gets close to the edge, which is difficult to maintain. There are different time signatures in use and although I have heard his saxophone style described sometimes as shrieks, I did not find it hard to listen to. Jackie McLean was willing to take chances and not stay in one style for his entire career, which is commendable for an artist. Although it is different I find myself listening to it over and over again. I plan to get others if I can connvince my wife. If you want to step into the waters of something new I would recommend this CD. It is at a very good price now.

One of the best jazz records ever made!!!.......2005-02-22

Jackie McLean was one of the finest talent scouts in jazz history. Tony Williams, Charles Tolliver and Jack DeJoohnette were some of the musicians that made their name in McLeans groups. This record features two other incredible musicians he discovered:Vibist Bobby Hutcherson and (most importantly) trombonist and composer Grachan MoncurIII. Grachan wrote dark, almost mysterious sounding "modal" compositions that used very few chords and still sound unique today. Bobbys spare, spacey vibe sound also added a totally unique flavour. McLean had broken free of conventional hard-bop with the awesome "Let freedom ring". He then formed a group consisting of Williams, Moncur and Hutcherson (all almost totally unknown at that point),. The first record all three made together was "One Step Beyond" (out of print). That record consisted of music that was definitely steeped in the Bop tradition but also took it's cues from avantgarde jazz with Williams constantly changing drum patterns, McLean blowing wild, intense solos and Hutcherson giving the music a totally different sound with dissonant, percussive vibes. The fact that the group used vibes instead of piano was very important for the overall sound. They made an even greater record under Moncurs leadership, "Evolution" (also OOP, WHY???) which added Lee Morgan in a surprisingly explorative mood. If one wants to know where Dolphy got his inspiration for "Out to Lunch!", look no further than these records...

This record doesn't feature Williams, instead it's veteran Roy Haynes who drums which gives the record a somewhat more conventional feel. It doesn't matter much though, the group plays three awesome Moncur compositions and McLeans playing is more relaxed and secure in this environment than on the earlier records where his high-pitched screams sometimes becomes grating. Overall, this is a must-have!!!

PS Blue Note HAS to reissue "Evolution" and "One Step Beyond"!!! Records as good as these don't deserve to be out of print. Oh yeah, re-issue "It's Time" also...

avant garde jazz 1963.......2004-10-07

One of my personal favorite jazz albums.
Love and Hate set the record off with a slow tempo meditation on its subject- setting the tone of the song is Hutcherson's vibes curdling out a slow painful vamp. Giving space to the song is Roy Haynes. Sparse drumming adding to the meditative feel of the song for the horns to solo on top of. McLean really seems to shine on this song weaving his solo so finely, that although played with great restraint comes through an intense passion.
The song is followed by Esoteric; by itself an incredible composition with all it's intricacies, I could imagine a difficult song for a band to play much in the same way a Thelonious Monk song would be. Similar as well to Hat and Beard by Eric Dolphy off of the Out to Lunch album which was release a year later (and who's inspiration of that song came from Monk)- Out to Lunch came of the same label (blue note) but was a more celebrated album I suppose for its more recognized line up of names- although Bobby Hutcherson was present for both. Esoteric is a great example of a superb composition both rhythmically and melodically that demands much of its players but when things fall into place those things really take off.
The third song on the set is in a much more traditional hard bop tone that was popular at the time. The lone Jackie McLean composition, Kahlil the Prophet; keeping in a 4/4 beat, the song seems mostly a platform for fantastic soloing.
Finally there's Riff Raff. The least ambitious of the three Moncur songs, not to say it doesn't go somewhere terrific. Very easy going in it's blues groove, it works as a good counterpoint to the "deeper" Esoteric and Love and Hate. Once again some great solos, Hutcherson's especially takes the whole groove and puts it on its head.
The album works with one side of avant garde jazz and the second side more traditional and solo based jazz. The playing is immaculate and inspired something that can be expected from just about any album you get from the Blue Note or Impulse labels of this time period. But this things gotta bug to it.

Once Again, Destination Out Of This World.......2004-09-09

Blue Note/EMI has once again made one of their classic albums available via the RVG series. Jackie McLean's "Destination Out" had appeared on CD before in the limited edition Connoisseur Series, but that edition recently went out-of-print. With this reissue, it makes a welcome, and hopefully permanent, return to the catalog. Jackie Mac made so many great albums for Blue Note that it is hard to rank them, but "Destination Out" has to be up their with the best of them. This is the second of three albums from 1963 that matched Grachan Moncur's trombone and Bobby Hutcherson's vibes with Jackie's alto -- the first was Jackie's "One Step Beyond" and the final one was Moncur's "Evolution" (both are prime candidates for RVG reissue though they are currently available from Mosaic Records in the Mosaic Select series). The lineup was phenomenal and one of the most forward thinking to that point on Blue Note. They truly paived the way for the more experimental albums on the label. The only thing this album lacks that the other two benefit from is the free-wheeling drumming of a young Tony Williams. However, Roy Haynes who sits in the throne for the session is no slouch either. In all, "Destination Out" is truly out of this world.

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Pushing the blues
Pushing the blues
In a blues bag
Jackie McLean's "Bluesnik" = Classic Blue Note Gem
A document of transition

Bluesnik
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Customer Reviews:

Pushing the blues.......2002-09-26

What comes to mind when listening to the music here, is that it is the opposite of the way Hank Mobely and his group played on Soul Station.
Mclean and his group are playing a whole album based on the 12 bar (or 16 bar) blues form, but they approach the blues from a whole different place. There is no softness or gentleness here. The blues is attacked with full force by all participents. Even the second track, which is at a slow tempo, is played double and triple time by Mclean and Hubbard.
I feel that for the overall sound of the CD, some balance is missing, some relaxed, layed back moments that would ease the tension. This is why I would not recommend as a blues album, but as a hard edged hard bop album based on the blues form.

Pushing the blues.......2002-09-26

What comes to my mind when listening to the great music here, is that it is an approach to the blues far different than the way Hank Mobely and his group approached it on Soul Station.
Mclean and his group are playing a whole album based on the 12 bar (or 16 bar) blues form, but they approach the blues from a whole different place. There is very little softness or gentleness here. The blues is attacked with full force by all participents, and the emotions projected are uncompromisingly rough.
Even the second track, which is at a slow tempo, is played double and triple time by Mclean and Hubbard.
I feel that the overall sound of the CD is very unique, and there are no relaxed, layed back moments that would ease the tension, as one might expect. This is why I would not recommend it as a blues album, but as a hard edged hard bop album based on the blues form.

In a blues bag.......2002-03-22

A 1961 album in which McLean explores the intersection of hard bop & the blues. If it was all as good as McLean's opening solo on the title track this album would be a masterpiece--this is a really remarkable solo that is strikingly poised & elegant & yet has the bite & hungriness that McLean's music always possesses. It points the way to the extended solos on McLean's great album _Let Freedom Ring!_. But the rest of the album is merely very good, & while Freddie Hubbard & Kenny Drew are good players they don't really play on the same level as the leader. A very good rhythm section--Doug Watkins & Pete La Roca--keeps everything on a nice boil. One curiosity: you can hear Hubbard quote Oliver Nelson's "Cascades" in his solo on "Bluesnik". This album was recorded 6 weeks before _Blues and the Abstract Truth_, on which Hubbard was to participate; so I infer that Hubbard must have recently attended a rehearsal for Nelson's album or been given the sheet music to work on before he stepped into the studio for McLean's album. Appropriately enough, both albums are concerned with the examination of blues structures via modern jazz styles.

Jackie McLean's "Bluesnik" = Classic Blue Note Gem.......2001-06-13

Jackie McLean's "Bluesnik" is one of his best straight ahead bop sessions that he recorded for the Blue Note label. A few years after this session was made, Jackie ventured into a realm on the fine line between bebop and the avant-garde/free jazz of the 60s with albums like "Let Freedom Ring", "Destination Out" and "One Step Beyond". This album, however, was around the peak of Jackie's explorations that were solidly within the bop framework.

If you like Jackie McLean, classic Blue Note hardbop, or just innovative improvisational music by musicians who play with fiery passion restrained by the strength of their intellect - then this is the album for you.

"Bluesnik" features 6 songs that all have a "bluesy" mood even though they are not all technically blues in terms of their structure and harmonics.

Jackie McLean is his typical inspired self (did the man ever turn in an subpar effort?) and his solos show a penchant for the blues and convey a very deep visceral and emotional impact. The album features a supporting cast of Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Kenny Drew on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and Pete LaRoca on drums.

I disagree with the other reviewer who stated that Freddie Hubbard doesn't really perform well on this session. While Freddie Hubbard certainly turned in more inspired performances elsewhere - that is certainly not a negative reflection of his playing here. Rather, it is a reflection of his legendary performances as a sideman on such albums as "Speak No Evil", "Blues and the Abstract Truth", and "Maiden Voyage".

There is nothing particularly progressive about this music for its time - it is just high quality straight ahead jazz that will both mesmerize you on your first listen and adquately reward repeated listenings.

One word of caution, Jackie McLean is known for his sharp intonation on the alto sax. In my opinion, this is an integral part of his style which helps account for the uniqueness of his sound on the alto and for the emotive impact of his playing. However, for some listeners Jackie's intonation can be a distraction from the music. "Bluesnik" does feature some of the sharpest intonation in Jackie's discography.

If you are the type of person who insists on listening to soloists who play the saxophone with textbook intonation then you may get annoyed with Jackie's playing on "Bluesnik". However, if you are open to sounds that are not "technically" perfect but nonetheless perfectly fit the musical purposes of the artist employing them, then give "Bluesnik" a try. You won't be disappointed.

A document of transition.......1998-10-23

No one can play alto without standing in Bird's shadow, but McLean came tantalizingly close--briefly--in the early 60's. This album, while on the surface 6 congenial blues, reveals real, potent depths on repeated listens. McLean's solos, especially on the title track, are an uneasy reconciliation between bebop and "out". They're always threatening to explode out of their harmonic boundaries. Which makes the music always exciting, sometimes breathtaking. I would have liked to hear more of McLean and less of Hubbard, who's a little too brassy for this, but I'll take what I can get. Buy this before it goes back out of print.

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Decidedly Dorian
the afternoon starts sunny, then gets dark
It's not jazz; but it's really good
One of Best Jazz Singers You Never Heard Of
A Concept Album with Emotional Impact

Love Is Blue
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Decidedly Dorian.......2005-10-23

Jackie Allen's is one of the most distinctive, inimitable voices on the scene today, as musicianly and versatile as it is intimate and sexy. If a program and instrumentation such as this wins her the larger audience she richly deserves, I'm all for it.

As for the program, it's of a decidedly monochromatic blue hue--owing much to the influence of Joni Mitchell, Melissa Manchester, Tori Amos, Carly Simon, and singers in that eclectic area outside of the "Great American Songbook." Nothing necessarily wrong with that. Sinatra could put out albums made up exclusively of "suicide songs" ("Only the Lonely," "In the Wee Small Hours," "No One Cares," "September of My Years") and transform them into breathtaking elegy. But he was also served by the ingenious harmonic ambivalence of Cole Porter and Harold Arlen, the lyric poetry of Lorenz Hart and John Mercer, the orchestral expressiveness of Nelson Riddle and Gordon Jenkins. Consequently, the mood did not begin to wear on me as I confess it does on the present collection, where modality replaces shifting harmonies and recitative supplants verse.

In all fairness, Jackie does include a couple of genuine standards ("Lazy Afternoon" and "I'll Be Around") and a couple that probably don't deserve to be ("Love Is Blue" and "Taste of Honey"). But the arrangements, orchestrations, and approach tend to minimize differences, contrasts and tensions in the material.

There's a jazz sensibility about her approach to all of the songs, as rightly recognized by those reviewers familiar with her previous work. But perhaps in the interest of catching the attention of new and younger ears, it's best not to tell.

the afternoon starts sunny, then gets dark.......2004-09-09

The afternoon starts sunny, then gets dark.

Now here is a Pop Jazz Vocal that draws me in. Sensual. Sexy. I think it's Jazz! Now why did she say that?

Really a concept album, but it's hard to say what the concept is - relationships gone wrong? Love the first track, about love in the afternoon, it's warm and sunny like brandy. The mood seems to get darker throughout. "Moon of Deception" is moody, By "Turnin Round" she sounds obsessive, almost like Patricia Barber. A slowed down "Taste of Honey", miles from the Beatles. Ends with a torchy rendition of the ultimate torch song, "I'll be Around".

For the life of me I can't understand why this album isn't more popular. I guess people haven't heard it and it doesn't get airplay. So it's a vicious circle.

Contrary to what's said below, this CD is a much more energy, more involving and captivating album than Diana Krall's listless "Girl in the Other Room". In fact, it has everything DK's new album is missing. Slowed, without dropping off. Has a lot more heart!

4 1/2 to 5 stars performance, on my tough grading system. well recorded. Would get 5 stars, if it were more popular. One of the best of the year. It grows on you. A find! See my recommended list!

It's not jazz; but it's really good.......2004-08-12

Sometimes the line between jazz and progressive rock is really thin. Consider, for example, Ginger Baker's album, ca. 1994, with Bill Frisell and Charlie Haden ("Goin' Back Home"): jazz or rock? Or consider Joni Mitchell's "Night Ride Home" and "Turbulent Indigo" albums from the early '90's: jazz or rock?

This album straddles the same thin line. But I'm no purist: I really like the Ginger Baker and Joni Mitchell albums; and I really like this one, too.

Jackie Allen is a singer who usually sounds like Sheryl Crow, but when in her upper register, sounds purer than that. Her performance is enhanced by her band, a group of superb musicians. In "Men in My Life", John Moulder (g), Hans Sturm (b) and Dane Richeson (per) proved themselves to be very proficient jazz musicians. Here, they prove themselves to be very proficient rock musicians. Let's just say they are very proficient.

And whereas the pianist in "Men" was the wonderful Ben Lewis, here the pianist is the wonderful Laurence Hobgood, ordinarily Kurt Elling's accompanist. He provides the highlight of the album, an arrangement of the title track complete with his wispy solo. The original popular version was that soupy thing done by the Paul Mariat Orchestra, ca. 1968. This version is so dark that it takes awhile to figure out the song; but the darkness fits the words to a tee. To say the least, it is a vast improvement over the popular original.

Other highlights: a similar treatment of "A Taste of Honey", which is likewise a quantum improvement over the familiar version done in the '60's by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass; Hans Sturm's "Turnin' Round," a Wallace Stephens type of poem with variations on the word and syllable "turn" in just about every imaginable concept to a heavy bass backbeat in A minor; the one jazz standard, Alec Wilder's wonderful "I'll Be Around," complete with some very tasteful guitar licks from Moulder; and a terrific original, Jackie Allen's "Moon of Deception." The more I listen to this album, the more I may be convinced that this is actually its highlight: it ought to be a "standard in the making."

Truthfully, this whole album initially hit me at 4 and 1/2. But I like it the more I hear it; and until Ms. Allen becomes better known, I'll upgrade her to 5. If you liked Diana Krall's recent "The Girl in the Other Room", you'll probably like this album even more, given the similarities between the two. One thing I guarantee you: if you play this c.d. for someone who has never heard it and never heard of Jackie Allen, they'll never guess it in a million years. RC

One of Best Jazz Singers You Never Heard Of.......2004-06-28

As a Jazz DJ on community radio constantly searching to avoid the too familiar, I have my finger on the pulse of female jazz singers throughout the United States, and the current crop, most of whom are unknown to the general public, is really outstanding. I mean real jazz singers, not Nora Jones. Jackie Allen is awfully close to the top of the list. This latest album only reaffirms the emotional depth, style, inventiveness, and sophistication of this marvelous artist who, after many years honing her craft in the mid-west, is beginnng to get a little of the recognition she deserves. Highly recommended.

A Concept Album with Emotional Impact.......2004-06-26

It's been so long since I've heard a "concept album" of the kind the (...) used to produce that LOVE IS BLUE caught me completely off guard. After her success with THE MEN IN MY LIFE, which featured fresh interpretations of some very well known pop tunes, the song selections on Allen's new CD: a couple of '60s instrumentals, a new Annie Lennox song, the chestnut "I'll Be Around" and originals by Allen and members of her ensemble struck me as eccentric. But anyone who has heard Jackie Allen perform live can attest to the way she commands a room with a Largo tempo and a meditative lyric. The combination of emotional vulnerability, instinctive musicality and the sheer beauty of her voice is a potent combination. Producer Rob Mathes, who has worked with Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Sade, and a host of other pop performers has capitalized on that strength for a first person narrative of a doomed love affair told from the perspective of the woman left behind. The romance that begins with the temptations of a "Lazy Afternoon" and ends with the stiff-upper-lip farewell of "I'll Be Around" is so compelling because its protagonist is seductive ("You Become My Song"), sensual ("Taste of Honey"), independent ("Go"), optimistic ("Here Today"), playful ("The Performer", "Turnin' Round"), self-aware ("Pavement Cracks", "Love is Blue"), and incurably romantic ("Moon of Deception"). Give yourself the time to listen to this CD from start to finish and, far from blue, you will be exhilarated by its emotional impact.

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Great music from a forgotten artist
"The Connection" No Longer Disconnected

The Music from "The Connection"
Freddie Redd Quartet with Jackie McLean
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009VNC9G
Release Date: 2005-07-19

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Freddie Redd's music for Jack Gelber's play "The Connection" has become the most celebrated album of this excellent pianist-composer's career. Jackie McLean's full-bodied alto is absolutely incandescent throughout.

FREDDIE REDD, piano
JACKIE McLEAN, alto sax
MICHAEL MATTOS, bass
LARRY RITCHIE, drums

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Great music from a forgotten artist.......2006-07-21

I knew little about Freddie Redd until I read a review of this album in the All Music Guide to Jazz. It sounded great, so I went ahead and ordered it. All the accolades are justified, this is a great CD. Redd is an unjustly neglected jazz pianist, and his interplay with tenor great Jackie McLean is just superb. I plan to investigate the rest of Redd's (too few) albums as well.

"The Connection" No Longer Disconnected.......2005-08-17

Originally available on CD in the mid-90s as a limited edition title in the first round of Blue Note's Connoisseur Series, Freddie Redd's "Music from The Connection" has only been available as an expensive import or collector's item for the past decade. Thankfully with this reissue in the RVG Edition Series, "The Connection" is no longer disconnected. "The Connection" was a successful underground play that opened at New York's Living Theatre in July 1959 about heroin addiction and the lifestyles surrounding it. Being true to life, jazz played a large role in the storyline. It is a tribute to playwright Jack Gelber that he used real jazz musicians as actors, and as a result he got some great original music as a bonus. Pianist Freddie Redd wrote and played the music in the play, which was recorded here for Blue Note. (There is another album out there that has floated in and out of print on CD of a quintet recording of this music that featured Howard McGhee and Tina Brooks.) This disc features seven Redd originals and a band of Jackie McLean on alto sax (who also had a long run as an actor in the play), Michael Mattos on bass and Larry Ritchie on drums. This is the only recording I have featuring the bassist and drummer, and they both play admirably. Jazz fans, do yourself a favor and get "Connected."

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McLean Swings
Rest in peace, Jackie Mac
Jackie Mclean, A Fickle Sonance
It grows on you.
Even The Most Fickle Jazz Fans Will Like "A Fickle Sonance"

A Fickle Sonance
Jackie McLean
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
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ASIN: B00004X0QM
Release Date: 2000-09-12

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Five Will Get You Ten
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Sundu
A Fickle Sonance
Enitnerrut
Lost

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There's a quality in Jackie McLean's Blue Note recordings of the early 1960s, a mix of the hip (the rhythmic swagger, the confident aggression) and the searching, an exploratory fervor and questioning that subtly undermines all assurances, resulting in a distinct and genuine art. It's akin to similar elements in his great contemporaries, Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins, but it's definitely McLean's own. In 1961, he was absorbing modal forms into his music and they melded with his blues-based intensity, adding structural coherence to his solos. He's joined here by an excellent band, though two of his key partners are woefully underrated. Trumpeter Tommy Turrentine is a brassy player of the Clifford Brown school, who's capable of genuine warmth at slower tempos. Pianist Sonny Clark, a frequent McLean partner, possessed tremendous linear invention and bluesy depths that complement the saxophonist's own. He also contributes two compositions, "Sundu" and the title track. Drummer Billy Higgins and bassist Butch Warren, both Blue Note regulars, complete the group. --Stuart Broomer

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McLean Swings.......2007-01-06

I guess you could say Jackie is somehwere between Lester Young and Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. He really is an eclectic, and that is why he is so interesting to listen to on this particular CD. He is extremely good on the title track because he stretches it out and realloy lays down some hard post bop music that just about anybody will enjoy because it is basically catchy music. I highly reccomend this CD and it should stand the test of time as to where Charlie Parker would have gone if he had stayed alive longer.

Rest in peace, Jackie Mac.......2006-04-03

I learned today that Jackie McLean passed away at the age of 74. To remember his powerful sound and searching spirit, I stepped away from some of my gospel and funk stuff to revisit some of his music. I've got something like 10 Jackie Mclean albums, mostly on Blue Note. Along with Let Freedom Ring, this is one of my favorites.

The first cut is a really catchy swinging tune whose head will stick with you. I don't know how much work Tommy Turrentine and Jackie did together, but they have great chemistry and great balance. Billy Higgins swings hard and this is very cohesive group.

The second track sticks out for me as a rearrangement of "Embraceable You". I also like the Enitnerrut, with it's Afro-Cuban feel.

Jackie Mac has a sound that pierces you to the core. It's sharp and jagged. Flirts with freedom but never forgets its bop influences.

Jackie Mac's work has moved me and this CD is one of several great entry points to the life of a great musician, educator and spirit.

5 stars.

--SD

Jackie Mclean, A Fickle Sonance.......2005-11-01

Jackie Mclean is one of my favorite artists that recorded for Blue Note in the 50's and 60's. His albums, the sidemen, the tunes, the cover art, and especially his playing is a treat for me.

I recently purchased another recording by him called Action, in which it was more avant garde and "Ornette Coleman" influenced. This session, of which is more "straight ahead" is a fantastic listen from start to finish.

There is such great variety on this cut. Every member of the group except drummer Billy Higgins contributed to the writing on the album. Sonny Clark's Five Will Get You Ten is a great opener. The rhythm's and of course the melody is fantastic. The other Sonny Clark original is Sundu, also a great track.

Mclean's A Fickle Sonance is the title track. Butch Warren sets this nice tempo, where Billy Higgins comes in next, and then the horns. It's pretty cool. Stanely Turrentine's brother, Tommy wrote Enitnerrut for the record. Don't try to say it; it's his last name spelled backwards. And according to Ira Gitler in the original liner notes, if you're the least bit backward, it won't be hard for you to figure out who wrote the tune.

Overall this album was great. Another classic RVG edition in the Blue Note catalogue. This album swings, and you'll dig it!

It grows on you........2005-02-04

I first heard this record several years ago, and thought the writing was disjointed; it was hard for me to "hear". But after re-visiting it recently, I find it much more interesting... the musicianship is not always perfect, and there's more than a little bit of McLean playing flat (was this in response to Konitz playing sharp...?). Anyway, the tunes are rich, and the soloing is really good. McLean plays really beautifully on his ballad "Subdued", at times sounding like Bird, but with Stitt's cleanness. So despite the pitch issues, I give it 5 stars for the feeling of "Subdued". If you're a Sonny Criss fan, you'll definitely dig his piano playing here.

Even The Most Fickle Jazz Fans Will Like "A Fickle Sonance".......2000-10-26

Jackie McLean's "A Fickle Sonance" is a most welcome addition to the Rudy Van Gelder Series. The RVG Edition marks the first time that this classic 1961 Blue Note session has been released domestically on CD. Joining Jackie on this great recording are Tommy Turrentine on trumpet (in a rare Blue Note session apart from his brother Stanley), Sonny Clark on piano, Butch Warren on bass and Billy Higgins on drums. Not only must Alfred Lion have approved of this lineup, but Sonny Clark must have as well, as he brought practically the same band (with Charlie Rouse instead of Jackie) into the studio not three weeks later to cut his classic "Leapin' And Lopin'." This rhythm trio would also be the genius behind Dexter Gordon's "Go," while Warren and Higgins would later team up with Herbie Hancock on Donald Byrd's "Royal Flush" (please put this out as an RVG!) and Herbie's "Takin' Off." The reason I mention this is not to show-off my encyclopedic knowledge, but to illustrate that these cats had lasting chemistry right from the start! Jackie was always aware of the jazz's latest progressions and it shows in the album's compositions. McLean authored two of the songs on this date, the ballad "Sudbued" and the adventurous title track (sorry Stuart, you are incorrect about this being Sonny's tune). Clark's is credited with two contributions -- "Five Will Get You Ten" (which is actually a Monk tune called "Two Timer") and "Sundu" -- while Turrentine and even Warren contribute one each. "A Fickle Sonance" was truly a group effort that even the most fickle jazz enthusiasts will undoubtedly enjoy.

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"One Step Beyond" is Jackie's Best Recording

One Step Beyond
Jackie McLean
Manufacturer: Blue Note Japan
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"One Step Beyond" is Jackie's Best Recording.......2001-09-24

I admire this album for its beautifully written compositions, fresh and daring solos, and the amazing chemistry among the musicians. It is very rare for all these qualities to be displayed on one album. That is why "One Step Beyond" is the best Jackie Mclean album and one of the best Jazz Album's of all time.

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SOULFUL & FUNKY MASTERPIECE~BRAVO JACKIE & CO.!!!
OOPS, She did it again!

Laurel Canyon
Jackie DeShannon
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Release Date: 2005-12-05

Tracks:

Laurel Canyon
Sunshine of Your Love
Crystal Clear
She's My Best Friend
I Got My Reason
Holly Would
You've Really Got a Hold on Me
Weight
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Come and Stay with Me
L.A.
Too Close
Trust in Me [*]
What Is This [*]
Happy Go Lucky Girl [*]
Ooh, You Did It Again! [*]
Effervescent Blue [*]
Greener Side [*]
Children & Flowers [*]
Put a Little Love in Your Heart [*]

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SOULFUL & FUNKY MASTERPIECE~BRAVO JACKIE & CO.!!!.......2006-08-09

Among the elite insider music community "Laurel Canyon" is a well known underground musical masterpiece that should have had greater commercial success but due to a strange lack of radio support and poor promotion from Liberty Records this musical treasure has mainly been enjoyed by hardcore connoisseurs of the finest in the world of music which is exactly what the incredibly great "Laurel Canyon" is...a true masterpiece!!! Thanks goes to the great London based RPM Records for this superbly remastered release of a true classic complete with lavish liner notes and a wonderful array of photos...look for other Jackie DeShannon releases on RMP Records as every collection is a must have! BRAVO RPM!!!
Opening this soulful set is a Jackie DeShannon original the title song "Laurel Canyon" which has a loose and funky arrangement and from the top it is easy to see that Jackie has a hot and cooking group behind her...no less than Mac Rebbenack (Dr. John) on the funkiest piano this side of New Orleans, Russ Titleman on Acoustic Guitar and in great form, keyboard legend Harold Batiste, Jr. also in peak form and Barry White leading the richly varied background vocals...this backing makes for a Jackie experience unlike any other in her magnificent career!!! "Sunshine Of Your Love" is hot and rocking while "Crystal Clear" is a deeply soulful mesmerizing vocal framed beautifully by a haunting guitar and a gorgeous unique arrangement. A wildly funky arrangement with superb piano licks make "She's My Best Friend" another winning rocker while "I Got My Reason" is pure gospel with a raw vocal from Jackie and "Holly Would" continues the gospel feel and is an original composition from Jackie. A Motown Classic "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" is given a rocking gospel workout that should have been released as a single and would have been a huge mega-hit with any exposure at all...a definitive version of "The Weight" was a hit but should have gone to #1 as it is that great and hearing this for the first time felt that Jackie is the greatest blue-eyed soul singer around and still do...this song is a total masterpiece and so is the tremendous and deeply soulful vocal performance that deserved to be a "Grammy Award" winner or at the very least should have been "Grammy Nominated"...was it? "Bitter Honey" is another tasty cooker and there goes that Dr. John on piano again...a beautifully haunting and intimate original "Come And Stay With Me" show what this legendary talent is all about as does the classic "LA" which is the most engrossing song about the great city around as it is so totally infectious...try not using the repeat mode on this classic!!! "LA" flows beautifully and captures the feel of life in Los Angeles with exhuberant soulful brilliance and it is amazing this great song wasn't a #1 smash hit...what were they thinking? Ending this masterwork is the deeply moving original "Too Close" and this scorching performance makes one weep that this brilliant masterwork was not given the massive exposure that it deserved...hopefully this great reissue will give this engrossing work the exposure that it justly deserves...listen in music lovers and don't miss out on this truly magical musical experience the second time around as it is as raw and richly soulful as they come...true musical genius!
Now for the awesome bonus tracks...starting with great Bobby Womack originals written and produced by the soul legend just for Jackie...this legend knows! "Trust In Me" is awesome with Jackie at her soulful peak on a great song with a fascinating arrangement and wonderous vocal...a funky "What Is This" has a great driving rhythm and "Happy Go Lucky Girl" is loose and soulful as is the winner "Ooh, You Did It Again" and it is easy for one to see this should have been a whole lp and it would have been a brilliant one...a great and musically inspired pairing!!! A jazzy and hypnotic "Effervescent Blue" and the remainder of this grand musical experience are Jackie DeShannon originals that show that this great singer/songwriter is a groundbreaking original and a real trailblazer for the ladies starting from the late 50's throughout the 60's and beyond..."The Greener Side" is an early song that has the great feel of the songs on "To Be Free" which is one of Jackie's greatest which was to come a few years later...a very sixties "Children & Flowers" preceeds the great sixties classic athem "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" which truly musically defined the sixties and is still valid today and has been recorded by various artists to great success a number of times over the years but this original version is still the ultimate...a timeless message and a glorious passionate performance that has always been a warm and comforting experience...thank you Jackie!!!

OOPS, She did it again!.......2006-03-31

The elasticity of the vocals mirrors the unfettered emotions and expansive hopes of the era that defined this music. Blissed-out soul, psychedelica and joyful pop collide in "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," " Happy Go Lucky Girl," and "Sunshine of Your Love." And if you long for this kind of music with today's sparkling production values, you should also pick up current groovesters and fellow female Brits Swing Out Sister ("Somewhere Deep in the Night") or Noonday Underground ("Self Assembly").

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