Jackie McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto sa… Read Full Bio ↴Jackie McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and educator, born in New York City. His early recordings as leader were in the hard bop school. He later became an exponent of modal jazz and avant-garde jazz without abandoning his foundation in hard bop. Throughout his career he was known for his distinctive withering/piercing/searing tone, his slightly sharp pitch, and a strong foundation in blues.
His father, John Sr., who died in 1939, played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra. After his father's death, his musical education was continued by his godfather, by his stepfather, who owned a record store, and by several noted teachers. He also received informal tutoring from neighbours Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, and Charlie Parker. During high school he played in a band with Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, and Andy Kirk, Jr. (the tenor saxophonist son of Andy Kirk).
He recorded with Miles Davis, on Davis' Dig album, when he was 19 years old. Rollins played on the same album. As a young man McLean also recorded with Gene Ammons, Charles Mingus, George Wallington, and as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (he reportedly joined the Jazz Messengers after being punched by the notoriously violent Mingus and, fearing for his life, brandished a knife and contemplated stabbing him).
McLean was a heroin addict throughout his early career, and the resulting loss of his New York City cabaret license forced him to undertake a large number of recording dates; consequently he produced a large body of recorded work in the 1950s and 60s. He was under contract with Blue Note Records from 1959 to 1967, having previously recorded for Prestige. Blue Note offered better pay and more artistic control than other labels, and his work for Blue Note is highly regarded.
In 1962 he recorded Let Freedom Ring for Blue Note. This album was the culmination of attempts he had made over the years to deal with harmonic problems in jazz, especially in soloing on his piece "Quadrangle." (*"Quadrangle" appears on BST 4051, Jackie's Bag, recorded in 1959). Let Freedom Ring began a period in which he performed with avant-garde musicians rather than the veteran hard bop performers he had been performing with. His recordings from 1962 on, in which he adapted the innovations of modal and free jazz to hard bop, made his body of work distinctive.
In 1964, he served six months in prison on drug charges. The period immediately after his release from prison is known as his acid period because the three albums he released during it were much harsher in tone than his previous albums.
In 1967 his recording contract, like the contracts of many other progressive musicians, was terminated by Blue Note's new management. His opportunities to record promised so little pay that he abandoned recording as a way to earn a living, concentrating instead on touring. In 1968 he began teaching at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford. He later set up the university's African American Music Department (now the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz) and its Jazz Studies degree program.
In 1970 he and his wife Dollie founded the Artists' Collective, Inc. of Hartford, an organization dedicated to preserving the art and culture of the African diaspora. It provides educational programs and instruction in dance, theatre, music and visual arts.
He received an American Jazz Masters fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2001.
His son René is a jazz saxophonist and flautist as well as a jazz educator.
After a long illness, McLean died on March 31, 2006 in Hartford, Connecticut
His father, John Sr., who died in 1939, played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra. After his father's death, his musical education was continued by his godfather, by his stepfather, who owned a record store, and by several noted teachers. He also received informal tutoring from neighbours Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, and Charlie Parker. During high school he played in a band with Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, and Andy Kirk, Jr. (the tenor saxophonist son of Andy Kirk).
He recorded with Miles Davis, on Davis' Dig album, when he was 19 years old. Rollins played on the same album. As a young man McLean also recorded with Gene Ammons, Charles Mingus, George Wallington, and as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (he reportedly joined the Jazz Messengers after being punched by the notoriously violent Mingus and, fearing for his life, brandished a knife and contemplated stabbing him).
McLean was a heroin addict throughout his early career, and the resulting loss of his New York City cabaret license forced him to undertake a large number of recording dates; consequently he produced a large body of recorded work in the 1950s and 60s. He was under contract with Blue Note Records from 1959 to 1967, having previously recorded for Prestige. Blue Note offered better pay and more artistic control than other labels, and his work for Blue Note is highly regarded.
In 1962 he recorded Let Freedom Ring for Blue Note. This album was the culmination of attempts he had made over the years to deal with harmonic problems in jazz, especially in soloing on his piece "Quadrangle." (*"Quadrangle" appears on BST 4051, Jackie's Bag, recorded in 1959). Let Freedom Ring began a period in which he performed with avant-garde musicians rather than the veteran hard bop performers he had been performing with. His recordings from 1962 on, in which he adapted the innovations of modal and free jazz to hard bop, made his body of work distinctive.
In 1964, he served six months in prison on drug charges. The period immediately after his release from prison is known as his acid period because the three albums he released during it were much harsher in tone than his previous albums.
In 1967 his recording contract, like the contracts of many other progressive musicians, was terminated by Blue Note's new management. His opportunities to record promised so little pay that he abandoned recording as a way to earn a living, concentrating instead on touring. In 1968 he began teaching at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford. He later set up the university's African American Music Department (now the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz) and its Jazz Studies degree program.
In 1970 he and his wife Dollie founded the Artists' Collective, Inc. of Hartford, an organization dedicated to preserving the art and culture of the African diaspora. It provides educational programs and instruction in dance, theatre, music and visual arts.
He received an American Jazz Masters fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2001.
His son René is a jazz saxophonist and flautist as well as a jazz educator.
After a long illness, McLean died on March 31, 2006 in Hartford, Connecticut
Sentimental Journey
Jackie McLean Lyrics
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Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
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Billy Vaughn Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
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Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Brown Green Homer Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Carl Stevens and His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Carroll Gibbons And His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Conway Twitty Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Dinah Shore Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
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Ella Fitzgerald Eddie Heywood Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Ella Fitzgerald Teddy Wilson & Tommy Dorsey Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear And it shows…
Emmy Rossum Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Enoch Light and the Light Brigade Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Ernie Fields & His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Ferlin Husky I'm gonna take a sentimental journey I'm gonna set my…
Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Frank Sinatra Writer(s): Brown/Homer/Green Gonna take a sentimental jour…
Frank Sinatra & Doris Day Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
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Hal McIntyre Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Hal McIntyre & His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Hal Mcintyre And His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Hank Snow Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
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Kay Starr Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Keely Smith Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Kenyon Hopkins and His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Leo Addeo & His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Leo Addeo And His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Les & Larry Elgart Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Les and Larry Elgart Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Les Brown Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
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Les Brown and His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
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Les Brown w/Doris Day Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Les Brown/Ames Brothers Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
LIVING ROOM - Ella Fitzgerald Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
London Julie Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Lou Rawls Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Louis Prima & Keely Smith feat. Sam Butera & The Witnesses Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Louis Prima / Keely Smith / Sam Butera Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
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McKay Nellie Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Michael Maxwell & His Orchestra/Steve Band Wingfield Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Michael Maxwell and His Orchestra and The Steve Wingfield Band Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Mina Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Mr. Acker Bilk I'm gonna take a Sentimental Journey, Gonna set my heart…
Muggsy Spanier & His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Olstead Renee I'm gonna take a Sentimental Journey, Gonna set my heart at…
PEGGY LEE & BENNY GOODMAN & TOMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
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Ray Anthony & His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Renee Olstead I'm gonna take a Sentimental Journey, Gonna set my heart at…
Reneй Olstead I'm gonna take a Sentimental Journey, Gonna set my heart at…
Ringo Starr Gonna take a sentimental journey, Gonna set my heart at ease…
Rita Coolidge Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Rosemary Clooney Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
russ morgan and his orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Ruth Brown Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Ruth Brown & The Delta Rhythm Boys Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Sammy Kaye Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Sarah Harmer Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at…
Sarah Harmer Jason Euringer Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at…
Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her (jesus christ Never mind I don't care ? Come with a doub…
Starr Ringo Gonna take a sentimental journey, Gonna set my heart at eas…
Steve & Eydie Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Steve Lawrence Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Steve Lawrence / Eydie Gorme Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Steve Lawrence Eydie Gorme Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
The Ames Brothers Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
The Ames Brothers with Les Brown and His Band of Renown Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
The Chordettes Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
The Delphin jr. orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
The Four Lads Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
The Lennon Sisters Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Tommy Dorsey Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear And it shows…
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Werner Müller and His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
Willie Nelson Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at…
Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
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潘迪华 Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna to set my heart at…
Ella Fitzgerald Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Jackie McLean:
'Round About Midnight It begins to tell 'Round midnight, midnight I do pretty well…
A Cottage For Sale Our little dream castle with every dream gone, Is lonely and…
A Foggy Day I was a stranger in the city Out of town were…
Cool Green I cover the waterfront, I'm watching the sea, Will the one…
Don Ever since the lucky night I found you I've hung around…
Embraceable You Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you! Embrace me, you irrepl…
I Cover the Waterfront I cover the waterfront, I'm watching the sea,, Will the on…
I Fall In Love Too Easily I fall in love too easily, I fall in love…
I Love You I'm in the mood for love Simply because you're near me. Funn…
I Remember You How did I know that the warmth of the glow…
I'm In The Mood For Love I'm in the mood for love Simply because you're near me. Funn…
It's You or No One How did I know that the warmth of the glow…
Our Love Is Here to Stay It's very clear, our love is here to stay Not for…
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes They asked me how I knew My true love was true I…
Star Eyes Star eyes, That to me is what your eyes are, Soft as…
These Foolish Things Oh! Will you never let me be? Oh! Will you never…
What You don't know what love is 'Til you've learned the meaning…
When I Fall In Love I fall in love too easily, I fall in love…
Why Was I Born Spending these lonesome evenings With nothing to do But to…
Why Was I Born? Spending these lonesome evenings With nothing to do But to l…
You Don't Know What Love Is You don't know what love is 'Til you've learned the meaning…
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TheFunkyKingston
Stellar sound!!!
War Vandal
Jackie and the guys tell a lovely little story here.
Young guys playing this music take note. It's not all about flying around at break- neck speed, showing off tecnique, ya know?!
Raef Black
Such a great album.
War Vandal
Proper music - Perfect!
Peter Zimmerman
Where's The Mobe?