Jackie McLean - Swing, Swang, Swingin' (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) LP

Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series!

All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP!

Mastered by Kevin Gray from the Original Master Tapes!

Pressed at Optimal!

By the time Jackie McLean began recording as a leader for Blue Note in 1959, the alto saxophonist had already been a stalwart of the NYC jazz scene for nearly a decade having spent the entirety of the 1950s cutting his teeth alongside bebop legends like Miles Davis and Charles Mingus. Recorded in October of that year, his second Blue Note album Swing, Swang, Swingin' fully delivered on the album title's emphatic promise with McLean blowing with gusto through a joyful set in a quartet featuring Walter Bishop Jr. on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Art Taylor on drums. As the lone horn player, McLean's distinctive sound shines with his piquant tone and hip harmonic sense igniting impassioned improvisations. In addition to standards by Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, and more, McLean offers a bright version of Benny Golson's "Stable Mates" before closing with his own blues "116th and Lenox."

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.

Features

Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series

180g Vinyl LP

All-Analog Pressing

Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from Original Master Tapes

Manufactured at Optimal in Germany

Musicians

Jackie McLean alto sax

Walter Bishop Jr. piano

Jimmy Garrison bass

Art Taylor drums

Selections

Side 1:

What's New

Let's Face the Music and Dance

Stable Mates

I'll Remember You

Side 2:

I Love You

I'll Take Romance

116th and Lennox