A Fickle Sonance [Original recording remastered]

A Fickle Sonance [Original recording remastered]

ASIN: B00004X0QM

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There's a quality in Jackie McLean's Blue Note recordings of the early 1960s, a mix of the hip (the rhythmic swagger, the confident aggression) and the searching, an exploratory fervor and questioning that subtly undermines all assurances, resulting in a distinct and genuine art. It's akin to similar elements in his great contemporaries, Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins, but it's definitely McLean's own. In 1961, he was absorbing modal forms into his music and they melded with his blues-based intensity, adding structural coherence to his solos. He's joined here by an excellent band, though two of his key partners are woefully underrated. Trumpeter Tommy Turrentine is a brassy player of the Clifford Brown school, who's capable of genuine warmth at slower tempos. Pianist Sonny Clark, a frequent McLean partner, possessed tremendous linear invention and bluesy depths that complement the saxophonist's own. He also contributes two compositions, "Sundu" and the title track. Drummer Billy Higgins and bassist Butch Warren, both Blue Note regulars, complete the group. --Stuart Broomer

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Tracks:

1. W.C.: Fifty Years - Al Carmines/Paul Rounsaville
2. W.C.: I'll Still Be There - Alice Playten
3. W.C.: You Could - Al Carmines/Alice Playten
4. W.C.: Give Me An Old Tune - Al Carmines
5. W.C.: NEver Give A Sucker An Even Break - Debbie Damp
6. W.C.: Why Do Women Always Choose The Wrong Man? - Bill Daugherty
7. W.C.: You Come First - Debbie Damp
8. W.C.: Bring On The Booze - Al Carmines/Quartet
9. W.C.: I'll Follow My Star - Alice Playten
10. W.C.: Serenade - Bill Daugherty
11. W.C.: Love Can Get You Down - Alice Playten
12. W.C.: Dummy Juggler - Al Carmines
13. Promenade: Promenade - Theme - Maria Irene Fornes/Al Carmines
14. Promenade: I Saw A Man - Alice Playten
15. Promenade: Capricious And Fickle - Alice Playten
16. A Carmen's Bouquet: Wedding Blues - Al Carmines
17. A Carmen's Bouquet: My Old Man - Al Carmines
18. A Carmen's Bouquet: No Room At The Inn - Al Carmines/Quartet

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