The Meeting (Jackie McLean album)

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The Meeting
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Live album by
Jackie McLean featuring Dexter Gordon
Released1974;49 years ago (1974)
RecordedJuly 20–21, 1973
Venue Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Jazz
Length63:46
Label SteepleChase
SCS-1006
Producer Nils Winther
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The Meeting is a live album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean featuring Dexter Gordon recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in 1973 and released on the SteepleChase label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and stated "The music falls short of being classic but is quite spirited and recommended to fans of both Dexter Gordon and Jackie McLean". [3]

Track listing

  1. Introduction by Jackie McLean - 0:50
  2. "All Clean" (Dexter Gordon) - 17:10
  3. "Rue de La Harpe" (Sahib Shihab) - 8:34
  4. "Callin'" (Kenny Drew) - 13:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
  5. "Sunset" (Drew) - 10:37
  6. "On the Trail" (Ferde Grofé) - 13:13

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Jackie McLean Catalog". JAZZDISCO.org. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Steeplechase Records 1000/31000 series discography". Jazzlists.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed March 13, 2015
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 136. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  5. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 980. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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