Jackie McLean: 4, 5 And 6 - Rudy Van Gelder Remastered Edition

Straightahead / Mainstream Jazz
premiera polska: 2010-09-13
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Jewelcaseowe etui
opis:
McLean's "4, 5 i 6" daje nam genialny przykład muzyka, którego wszyscy pokochaliśmy przez lata: giganta saksofonu altowego, nieustannie otoczonego przez najlepszych jazzmanów.
Sekcja składa się z Mal Waldrona, który był kolegą Jackie w grupie Charliego Mingusa w różnych momentach w 1956 roku; Douga Watkinsa, basisty z Detroit, który odcisnął swoje piętno w grupie Jazz Messengers i Horace'a Silvera; Arthura Taylora, który wcześniej współpracował z Artem Farmerem-Gigi Gryce'em, Budem Powellem itp.. I który pełnil obowiązki perkusisty domowego Prestige'a z Philly Joe Jonesem.
"Kiedy słuchasz Jackie McLean'a na 4, 5 i 6, jego trzeciego wydawnictwa jako lidera, słyszysz młodego, namiętnego, głodnego artysty w poszukiwaniu muzycznej tożsamości. Wpływ Charliego Parkera na jego brzmienie jest oczywisty. Pozornie nieusuwalne ślady pozostawione przez Bird'a są obecne we wszystkich sesjach McLean'a z lat 50. dla Prestige.

Editor's info:
4, 5 and 6 is a studio album by saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded for Prestige Records. It was recorded in 1956 and originally released that year as PRLP 7048. In 1962, the album was reissued under the same title on the Prestige sub-label New Jazz Records as NJ 8279 with a different cover. The album was reissued on CD in 1991. It features McLean in a quartet with pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Doug Watkins and drummer Art. Taylor. Trumpeter Donald Byrd guests on three tracks, and tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley on one.

allmusic.com
In 1956 Jackie McLean was only beginning to assert himself as a true individualist on the alto saxophone, exploring the lime-flavored microtones of his instrument that purists or the misinformed perceived as being off-key or out of tune. 4, 5 and 6 presents McLean's quartet on half the date, and tunes with an expanded quintet, and one sextet track -- thus the title. Mal Waldron, himself an unconventional pianist willing to explore different sizings and shadings of progressive jazz, is a wonderful complement for McLean's notions, with bassist Doug Watkins and drummer Art. Taylor the impervious team everyone wanted for his rhythm section at the time. The quartet versions of "Sentimental Journey," "Why Was I Born?," and "When I Fall in Love" range from totally bluesy, to hard bop ribald, to pensive and hopeful, respectively. These are three great examples of McLean attempting to make the tunes his own, adding a flattened, self-effaced, almost grainy-faced texture to the music without concern for the perfectness of the melody. Donald Byrd joins the fray on his easygoing bopper "Contour," where complex is made simple and enjoyable, while Hank Mobley puts his tenor sax to the test on the lone and lengthy sextet track, a rousing version of Charlie Parker's risk-laden "Confirmation." It's Waldron's haunting ballad "Abstraction," with Byrd and McLean's quick replies, faint and dour, that somewhat illuminates the darker side. As a stand-alone recording, 4, 5 and 6 does not break barriers, but does foreshadow the future of McLean as an innovative musician in an all-too-purist mainstream jazz world.
by Michael G. Nastos

muzycy:
Jackie McLean – alto sax
Hank Mobley – tenor sax (#4 only)
Donald Byrd – trumpet (#3, 4, 6 only)
Mal Waldron – piano
Doug Watkins – bass
Art Taylor – drums

utwory:
1. Sentimental Journey 9:52
2. Why Was I Born? 5:10
3. Contour 4:56
4. Confirmation 11:18
5. When I Fall In Love 5:29
6. Abstraction 7:56

wydano: Sep 13, 2010
nagrano: Recorded on July 13 & 20, 1956, at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack