Jacknife (album)

Last updated

Jacknife
Jacknife album.jpg
Studio album by
Jackie McLean
Released1975
RecordedSeptember 24, 1965 (#1–5)
April 18, 1966 (#6–10)
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Post-bop, modal jazz
Length80:45original LP
41:36 CD reissue (#1–5)
Label Blue Note
BN-LA457-H2
Producer Alfred Lion
Jackie McLean chronology
Right Now!
(1965)		Jacknife
(1975)		 Consequence
(1965)
Alternative cover
Jacknife (album).jpg
2002 Limited CD

Jacknife is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean. It actually comprises two volumes, one recorded in 1965 and the other in 1966. They were originally given the catalogue numbers BLP 4223 and BLP 4236, but the recordings were then shelved for ten years before being issued together in 1975 as a double LP, with the number BN-LA457-H2. [1] While the 1965 tracks were released on a limited edition CD in 2002, those from 1966 have never been released singularly; however, they can be found on the four-disc Mosaic compilation The Complete Blue Note 1964–66 Jackie McLean Sessions, which was limited to 5,000 copies.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars and stated: "The single CD (1–5) is quite worthwhile by itself, but tells only half of the story." [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Track listing

  1. "On the Nile" (Tolliver) - 12:34
  2. "Climax" (DeJohnette) - 9:20
  3. "Soft Blue" (Morgan) - 7:30
  4. "Jacknife" (Tolliver) - 6:16
  5. "Blue Fable" (McLean) - 5:56

Tracks 1–5 recorded on September 24, 1965.

  2. "High Frequency" (Willis) - 11:30
  3. "Combined Effort" - 9:21
  4. "Moonscape" - 6:51
  5. "Jossa Bossa" (Moore) - 6:59
  6. "The Bull Frog" (Willis) - 4:28

Tracks 6–10 recorded on April 18, 1966.

Personnel

Tracks 1–5

Tracks 6–10

References

  1. ↑ Jackie McLean discography, accessed October 18, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Michael G. Nastos, Allmusic review, accessed October 18, 2010.
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 136. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 981. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.