Jackie McLean - Let Freedom Ring (Blue Note Tone Poet Series, LP Vinyl)

Jackie McLean - Let Freedom Ring

• Blue Note Tone Poet Series
• 180g LP Vinyl
• Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from Original Analog Tapes!
• Produced by Music Matters' Joe Harley!
• Pressed at RTI!

RELEASE DATE: 9/6/2024

DESCRIPTION 

Jackie McLean's 1962 album Let Freedom Ring reflected the change in the air of the early '60s: both the musical freedoms being explored by the emergent avant-garde movement and the social freedoms sought by the ascendent civil rights movement. This four-song set featuring the alto saxophonist with Walter Davis, Jr. on piano, Herbie Lewis on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums melds the bluesy language of hard bop with the bristling energy of The New Thing. McLean's emotive horn wails, shrieks, and soothes as the quartet moves through three striking McLean originals: "Melody for Melonae" (dedicated to his daughter), "Rene" (dedicated to his son), and "Omega" (dedicated to his mother). A plaintive rendition of the Bud Powell ballad "I'll Keep Loving You" rounds out the date.

TRACKLIST

Melody for Melonae
I'll Keep Loving You
Rene
Omega

LABEL: Blue Note Records
UPC: 602448644343