Jackie McLean - Jackie's Bag (1961) [RVG Edition 2003]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 441 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 148 MB | Covers - 8 MB
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (7243 5 42303 2 5)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 441 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 148 MB | Covers - 8 MB
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (7243 5 42303 2 5)
Jackie's Bag is split between two different recording sessions: the first, from January 1959, was the first session Jackie McLean ever led for Blue Note, and the second was a sextet date from September 1960 that featured tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks as a co-leader in all but name. According to the liner notes, McLean's first date produced only three songs of releasable quality, which are included here. Six tunes were cut at the Brooks session, which were all issued in Japan as Street Singer, and half appeared on the original Jackie's Bag LP. Given the transitional time period of the first and Brooks' musical taste on the second, the music on Jackie's Bag finds McLean in a staunchly hard bop mode, with occasional hints of adventurousness…