Makin' the Changes

Makin' the Changes
Studio album by Jackie McLean
Released	August 1960 [1]
Recorded	February 15 & August 30, 1957
Studio	Van Gelder, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:53
Label	New Jazz NJ 8231
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Jackie McLean chronology
Jackie McLean & Co. (1957) Makin' the Changes (1960) A Long Drink of the Blues (1957)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Makin' the Changes is a studio album by saxophonist Jackie McLean. It was recorded in 1957 for Prestige, but not released until 1960 by the subsidiary label New Jazz as NJ 8231. It features three tracks with McLean in a quartet with pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Arthur Phipps and drummer Art Taylor, and three with a sextet featuring trumpeter Webster Young, trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist Gil Coggins, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Louis Hayes.

Track listing

1. "Bean and the Boys" (Coleman Hawkins a contrafact of "Lover Come Back to Me") - 8:33
2. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) - 7:09
3. "I Never Knew" (Gus Kahn, Ted Fiorito) - 3:00
4. "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Dick Gasparre, George Fragos, Jack Baker) - 5:08
5. "Jackie's Ghost" (Ray Draper) - 5:28
6. "Chasin' the Bird" (Charlie Parker) - 6:35

Recorded on February 15 (#1, 3-4) & August 30 (#2, 5-6), 1957.

Personnel

Tracks 1, 3-4

• Jackie McLean - alto sax
• Mal Waldron - piano
• Arthur Phipps - bass
• Art Taylor - drums

Tracks 2, 5-6

• Jackie McLean - alto sax
• Curtis Fuller - trombone
• Webster Young - trumpet
• Gil Coggins - piano
• Paul Chambers - bass
• Louis Hayes - drums

References

1. Schwann Monthly Guide to Stereo Records, 1965
2. AllMusic Review
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 978. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.