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Jackie McLean - Action


Label:

Blue Note (Tone Poet)

Genre:

Jazz

Product No.:
ABLU 20397
UPC: 602445852260
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180 Gram Vinyl Record



180 Gram LP
$38.98

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180-gram gatefold LP

Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tape

Plated and pressed at RTI

The Blue Note Tone Poet Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was' admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley (from Music Matters), a.k.a. the "Tone Poet," on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.

Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean's 1960s output ran the gamut from hard bop to the avant-garde with his 1964 post-bop dates It's Time! and Action splitting the difference. Trumpeter Charles Tolliver had appeared alongside McLean in the horn frontline on It's Time! and returned once again for Action the next month, with McLean opting for Bobby Hutcherson's vibraphone in place of piano, as well as Cecil McBee on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums. The albums leaps out of the gate with McLean's searing title track followed by two pensive Tolliver originals: "Plight" and "Wrong Handle." On a highly original version of the standard "I Hear a Rhapsody" the melody is answered by discordant interjections from the horns before the album comes to a close with McLean's grooving minor key piece "Hootnan."

 



Side A
Action
Plight

Side B
Wrong Handle
I Hear A Rhapsody
Hootnan

Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 1 person(s) rated this product.

Tone Poets rule!!

posted on 03/06/2024
5 Stars
Reviewer: William Taylor
This is a nice record. Bobby Hutcherson adds a quality finishing touch as well as some interesting solos.


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