Makin' the Changes
1960 studio album by Jackie McLean
Makin' the Changes | ||||
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Studio album by Jackie McLean | ||||
Released | August 1960[1] | |||
Recorded | February 15 & August 30, 1957 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 35:53 | |||
Label | New Jazz NJ 8231 | |||
Producer | Bob Weinstock | |||
Jackie McLean chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Makin' the Changes is a studio album by saxophonist Jackie McLean. It was recorded in 1957 for Prestige, but not released until 1960 by the subsidiary label New Jazz as NJ 8231. It features three tracks with McLean in a quartet with pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Arthur Phipps and drummer Art Taylor, and three with a sextet featuring trumpeter Webster Young, trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist Gil Coggins, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Louis Hayes.
Track listing
- "Bean and the Boys" (Coleman Hawkins a contrafact of "Lover Come Back to Me") - 8:33
- "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) - 7:09
- "I Never Knew" (Gus Kahn, Ted Fiorito) - 3:00
- "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Dick Gasparre, George Fragos, Jack Baker) - 5:08
- "Jackie's Ghost" (Ray Draper) - 5:28
- "Chasin' the Bird" (Charlie Parker) - 6:35
Recorded on February 15 (#1, 3-4) & August 30 (#2, 5-6), 1957.
Personnel
Tracks 1, 3-4
- Jackie McLean - alto sax
- Mal Waldron - piano
- Arthur Phipps - bass
- Art Taylor - drums
Tracks 2, 5-6
- Jackie McLean - alto sax
- Curtis Fuller - trombone
- Webster Young - trumpet
- Gil Coggins - piano
- Paul Chambers - bass
- Louis Hayes - drums
References
- ^ Schwann Monthly Guide to Stereo Records, 1965
- ^ Allmusic Review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 978. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section.
or
co-leader
- Presenting... Jackie McLean (1955)
- Lights Out! (1956)
- 4, 5 and 6 (1956)
- Jackie's Pal (1956)
- McLean's Scene (1957–59)
- Jackie McLean & Co. (1957)
- Makin' the Changes (1957)
- A Long Drink of the Blues (1957)
- Strange Blues (1957)
- Alto Madness (1957)
- Fat Jazz (1957)
- Jackie's Bag (1959–60)
- New Soil (1959)
- Swing, Swang, Swingin' (1959)
- Capuchin Swing (1960)
- Street Singer (with Tina Brooks, 1960)
- Bluesnik (1961)
- A Fickle Sonance (1961)
- Let Freedom Ring (1962)
- Tippin' the Scales (1962)
- Vertigo (1962–63)
- Hipnosis (1962–67)
- One Step Beyond (1963)
- Destination... Out! (1963)
- It's Time! (1964)
- Action Action Action (1964)
- Right Now! (1965)
- Jacknife (1965–66)
- Consequence (1965)
- New and Old Gospel (1967)
- 'Bout Soul (1967)
- Demon's Dance (1967)
- Live at Montmartre (1972)
- Ode to Super (1973)
- A Ghetto Lullaby (1973)
- Altissimo (1973)
- The Meeting (1973)
- The Source (1973)
- Antiquity (1974)
- New York Calling (1974)
- New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)
- One Night with Blue Note Preserved Volume 2 (1985)
- It's About Time (1985)
- Hat Trick (1996)
others
- The Happy Blues (Gene Ammons, 1956)
- Jammin' with Gene (Gene Ammons, 1956)
- Funky (Gene Ammons, 1957)
- Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (Gene Ammons, 1957)
- Hard Bop (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956)
- Originally (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956 [1982])
- Drum Suite (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956–57)
- A Night in Tunisia (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, Vik/RCA, 1957)
- Ritual: The Modern Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey, 1957)
- Tough! (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1957)
- Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960)
- 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957)
- Off to the Races (Donald Byrd, 1958)
- Fuego (Donald Byrd, 1959)
- Byrd in Flight (Donald Byrd, 1960)
- Cool Struttin' (Sonny Clark, 1958)
- Dig (Miles Davis, 1951)
- Quintet/Sextet (Miles Davis, 1955)
- Davis Cup (Walter Davis Jr., 1959)
- Inta Somethin' (Kenny Dorham, 1961)
- Matador (Kenny Dorham, 1962)
- Tuba Sounds (Ray Draper, 1957)
- 2 Trumpets (Art Farmer, 1957)
- Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
- To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
- Pithecanthropus Erectus (Charles Mingus, 1956)
- Blues & Roots (Charles Mingus, 1958)
- Mobley's Message (Hank Mobley, Prestige, 1956)
- Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967)
- Evolution (Grachan Moncur III, 1963)
- Lee-Way (Lee Morgan, 1960)
- Tom Cat (Lee Morgan, 1964)
- Cornbread (Lee Morgan, 1965)
- Infinity (Lee Morgan, 1965)
- Charisma (Lee Morgan, 1966)
- The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1967–68)
- The Music From "The Connection" (Freddie Redd, 1960)
- Shades of Redd (Freddie Redd, 1960)
- Redd's Blues (Freddie Redd, 1961)
- Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
- Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
- Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, 1957)
- Mal/2 (Mal Waldron, 1957)
- Left Alone (Mal Waldron, 1959)
- Left Alone '86 (Mal Waldron, 1986)
- Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson, 1967)
appearances
- The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)
- Jazz (Ken Burns, 2000)