Jackie McLean Sextet - A Long Drink of the Blues

[@postatility9703]

This session was recorded for Prestige,who were more inclined to release a looser,longer jam session than Blue Note or Riverside.The hi-fi jams led by Gene Ammons were a perfect example,and some of them included Jackie Mclean.

[@patriciagullickson9591]

my best friend died last week and I really need a long drink.. of the BLUES...RIP Jerry

[@ggunbyable]

many thanks! i keep find good jazz and then see that you got here first. 🙂

[@60otaku4]

You're most welcome, Greg-san!! Otaku4 (*^_^)/

[@jazzjanne1]

One of the best Jackie McLean tunes, I have listened to it many times during 30 years, what a bluesfeeling!! janne from Sweden

[@vova47]

One of the first jazz records I owned. Good to hear it again, great solo by Curtis Fuller and a rare opportunity to hear Jackie on tenor.He sounds surprisingly(or maybe not so surprisingly) close to Hank Mobley.

[@TremendousSax]

Wasn't Fuller on trombone for this one

[@gprosser11]

A Long Drink of the Blues... Jackie McLean Sextet..Paul Chambers seems like played with evreyone...dig it..

[@gprosser11]

Tremendous Sax Thnx for listening ..

[@elodiedazur]

Webster Young (t), Curtis Fuller (tb), Jackie McLean (as), Gil Coggins (p), Paul Chambers (b), Louis Hayes (d). Rec. at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, on August 30, 1957.

[@warvandal3443]

5:39 - Pure Sonny. Jackie was part of the Sugar hill gang!

[@spiritualphysics]

Dat's dat smoove/hip/swing jazz, young! Gotta love Jackie. Be wellness. Yes love.

[@DerpRulesAll]

Jackie's alto is much more distinctive, with his tenor sax playing sounding much like Saxophone Colossus era Rollins.

[@cliffordthornton8937]

Love this young raw innovative spontaneous piece

[@cliffordthornton8937]

I love this as it is raw and stirs my soul to no end

[@davidwingate]

Gilly Coggins is the piano player on this cut. A car accident led to his hospitalization,where he died. Up until the accident he ran a jam session at the C-Note (now defunct). Not only was he a consummate master of the88's,he had a deeply ironic take on the vagaries and injustices of the music business. I once told him I read a glowing article about him in a reference work and he said "Yeah..Did it say how broke I am"?

[@stuartkingsk]

I caught Gil Coggins in a small dark club in Japan once playing solo, 1992.

[@postatility9703]

A true treasure, with an extremely rare and wonderful glimpse "behind the scenes". I suppose most producers/record companies failed to see the value of occasionally leaving in some of these segments.(Most of them were Miles' comments to Rudy Van Gelder or Teo Macero,which are brief but priceless)

[@gramma9davis]

A real favorite of mine. I wish it included the short piece at the front where they stop playing, discuss how it is to be played and someone says "Play when you feel like playing!"

[@joehiggs100]

Many thanks, should be on every college curriculum..

[@60otaku4]

You're very welcome, Bob-san!! Otaku4 d(^_^)b

[@johnmarass3021]

The rest of the tracks with this sextet What's New, Jackie's Ghost and Chasin' The Bird are on McLean's Makin' The Changes album

[@Indo49]

From Wikipedia: John Lenwood "Jackie" McLean (May 17, 1931 - March 31, 2006)[ was a North-American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator, and is one of the few musicians to be elected to the DownBeat Hall of Fame in the year of their death.

[@postatility9703]

A clarification:this posting doesn't include the original "behind the scenes" segment that I was referring to I suggest that you get a hold of the full version of this classic!

[@123must]

Beautiful ! Thanks

[@MrAlcides1611]

Great jazz blues!

[@caponsacchi]

This omits the 2-3 minutes of discussion on my LP--which is all the time required to pick a tune, a key, a tempo. I remember the strong walking start as Doug Watkins, but hearing it now I can recognize the sound and note choices as Paul Chambers. Curtis plays as good a solo as I've heard from him, and Jackie's tenor sax sounds like his main ax.

[@JerryAttric42]

+caponsacchi i had a very similar reaction when I first listened. first I thought 'doug watkins' then later, that it's got to be paul chambers. Jackie fooled me on tenor which I didn't know he played. my guess would havebeen maybe lucky Thompson on tenor. it's all good.

[@mraggrovator]

Very nice.

[@jorgejimenez4325]

Bonus juice: Can you read the program? Will you fan the flames of deceit? Will you bathe in the waters of all creation? - Madrugada

[@cliffordthornton8937]

Curtis Fuller is as smooth as a baby 's ass and Jackie is Jackie I could listen to this all day

[@brucenicholls854]

I really like Jackie on tenor,wish he played it more, but he was always great on alto, Everybody plays well here.

[@patriciagullickson9591]

Bruce Nicholls kinda played Alto like a tenor.

[@porterhall27]

@@patriciagullickson9591 he is my favourite alto player because he plays it like a tenor

[@warvandal3443]

all these great alto players born in the 20s and 30s changed their sound as the 60s came in. I like it like this tho

[@raefblack7906]

Jackie McLean

[@liamwatson5125]

Jackie McLean on tenor!

[@AndyPutt1]

oo yeah!

[@bladome]

salut!

[@notyourproblems]

great 21 minutes and more after..

[@tommyoneill5862]

Have 'Them Changes' on CD my 1st JM Music check it out.

[@videolover61]

Interesting, on tenor Jackie sounds like Sonny Rollins...

[@mizpahboy7513]

was thinkin' the same

[@peterblake3000]

3:40

[@mizpahboy7513]

I'll have another bartender.....leave the bottle

[@warvandal3443]

I love that old imagery, like say Lester Young nodding in his big hat, wisps of cigarette smoke all around. I was born too late - would love to have been hitting the bars and clubs in those days.

[@warvandal3443]

+Nige Robinson Also meeting a proper blonde "zip me up hun" broad and sharing that bottle lol 💅

[@mizpahboy7513]

There are still some good jazz clubs around you just have look for them....some even have blondes, though smoking may be out but I'm sure she wouldn't mind a drink and some nice conversation if you play your cards right.

[@warvandal3443]

+mizpahboy haha - cool!

[@patriciagullickson9591]

mizpahboy I got lucky and found a real beat dive with 3 hot chicks in it in NYC.......man I had a long drink of blues that nite....

[@jibsmokestack1]

You can hear it’s Jackie when he is playing tenor but listening it’s clear his tenor playing is influenced by his childhood friend Sonny Rollins!

[@60otaku4]

Thank you, uidini-san!! Otaku4 (*^_^)b

[@sergioramos6455]

[@60otaku4]

You're welcome, 123must-san!! Otaku4 (^_^)/

[@michellechavez6983]

60otaku4 was there a version of this track somewhere here with dialogue at the beginning discussing the tune?

[@a54109]

Not bad. Jackie sounds better on alto.