Jackie McLean: Bluesnik - Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue [Vinyl 1LP 180g]

Straightahead / Mainstream Jazz
premiera polska: 2023-02-17
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Singlefoldowe etui
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Saksofonista altowy Jackie McLean w 1961 roku wszedł do Van Gelder Studio, aby nagrać swoje hard bopowe arcydzieło zatytułowane Bluesnik z kwintetem, w którym wystąpili Freddie Hubbard na trąbce, Kenny Drew na fortepianie, Doug Watkins na basie i Pete La Roca na bębnach. Tak powstał legendarny, żywiołowy zestaw sześciu oryginalnych utworów bluesowych.
Seria 180g winyli Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition jest w całości remasterowana przez Kevina Gray z oryginalnych taśm analogowych.

Editor's info:
Jackie McLean's slightly acidic tone on alto can be instantly identified. He perfectly symbolizes the intensity, passion, excitement and urgency of New York in the 1960s. Born in 1932 and part of the musical generation that matured in the shadow of Charlie Parker, McLean served his apprenticeship at the very top, recording with the likes of Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and Art… Blakey. However, Jackie McLean is best known for a brilliant series of Blue Note albums recorded from 1959-67.
McLean was already a veteran of the NYC jazz scene by the time he began recording as a leader for Blue Note in 1959. In his first few years with the label McLean recorded frequently, churning out hard bop classics in quick succession. The culmination of this period is undoubtedly Bluesnik, a vibrant 1961 session that brims with immediacy. McLean had the blues on his mind when he entered Rudy Van Gelder’s studio that January with a formidable quintet featuring Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Kenny Drew on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and Pete La Roca on drums. Over the course of six original blues pieces the band goes from strength to strength, blazing out of the gate on McLean’s title tune and moving through every hue of blue from the leader’s shuffling “Goin’ Way Blues” to the pianist’s bright theme “Drew’s Blues” and Hubbard’s no-nonsense “Blues Function.”

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

muzycy:
Jackie McLean (alto sax)
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet)
Kenny Drew (piano)
Doug Watkins (bass)
Pete La Roca (drums)

utwory:
A1: Bluesnik
A2: Goin' 'Way Blues
A3: Drew's Blues
B1: Cool Green
B2: Blues Function
B3: Torchin'

wydano: February 24, 2023 (1962)
nagrano: Recorded on January 8, 1961, at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

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