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:::: Artist :::::::::::[ Jackie McLean ]::::
:::: Album :::::::::::[ Let Freedom Ring (RVG Edition) ]::::
:::: Record co ::::::::[ Blue Note (BST 84106) ]::::
:::: Style ::::::::::::[ Jazz ]::::
:::: Releasedate ::::::[ 08-Jul-2007 ]::::
:::: Tracks & Size ::::[ 4 tracks, a total of 56,4 megabytes ]::::
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:::: Info & tracklist :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::
::::
:::: 01 Melody For Melonae :: 13:20
:::: 02 I'll Keep Loving You :: 06:17
:::: 03 Rene :: 10:00
:::: 04 Omega :: 08:31
::::
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Total Playtime :: 38:08
::::
:::: Additional info
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:::: Personnel:
::::
:::: Jackie McLean: Alto Saxophone
:::: Walter Davis, Jr: Piano
:::: Herbie Lewis: Bass
:::: Billy Higgins: Drums
::::
:::: Jackie McLean had always been a highly emotional soloist, so it
:::: makes sense that he was one of the first hard bop veterans to
:::: find a new voice in the burning intensity of jazz's emerging
:::: avant-garde. McLean had previously experimented with Coltrane's
:::: angular modes and scales and Ornette's concept of chordal
:::: freedom, but Let Freedom Ring was the landmark masterpiece where
:::: he put everything together and ushered in the era of the
:::: modernists at Blue Note.
::::
:::: A number of saxophonists were beginning to explore the ability
:::: of the instrument to mimic human cries of passion, and here
:::: McLean perfected a long, piercing squeal capable of expressing
:::: joy, anguish, fury, and more. The music on Let Freedom Ring
:::: remained more rooted in hard bop structure than Coleman's, and
:::: McLean was still recognizably himself, but that was precisely
:::: what was revolutionary about the album: it validated the
:::: avant-garde aesthetic, demonstrating that it had enough value to
:::: convert members of the old guard, and wasn't just the province
:::: of radical outcasts.
::::
:::: There are only four pieces, one of which is the surging Bud
:::: Powell ballad "I'll Keep Loving You"; the other three are McLean
:::: originals ("Melody For Melonae," "Rene," and "Omega," dedicated
:::: to his daughter, son, and mother respectively) that spotlight
:::: his tremendous inventiveness on extended material and amaze with
:::: a smoldering fire that never lets up. Pianist Walter Davis takes
:::: the occasional solo, but the record is McLean's statement of
:::: purpose, and he accordingly dominates the proceedings, with the
:::: busy, free-flowing dialogues of bassist Herbie Lewis and Ornette
:::: drummer Billy Higgins pushing him to even greater heights.
::::
:::: The success of Let Freedom Ring paved the way for a bumper crop
:::: of other modernist innovators to join the Blue Note roster and,
:::: artistically, it still stands with One Step Beyond as McLean's
:::: greatest work.
::::
:::: Another gem for our Blue Note archives. Enjoy!
::::
:::: Notes
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