JACKIE MCLEAN "NEW SOIL" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G, RVG, LE, NE, SO, NEW/SEALED

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                                                                                               JACKIE MCLEAN "NEW SOIL"
2010 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "THE BLUE NOTE REISSUES", 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, CATALOG NUMBER AP-84013, #558 OF A SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY AND STEVE HOFFMAN USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE MASTER TAPES, PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"NEW SOIL" WASN'T THE FIRST SESSION JACKIE MCLEAN RECORDED FOR BLUE NOTE, BUT IT WAS THE FIRST ONE RELEASED, AND AS THE TITLE SUGGESTS, THE FIRST GLIMPSES OF MCLEAN'S DESIRE TO PUSH BEYOND THE LIMITS OF BOP ARE ALREADY APPARENT. THEY'RE SUBTLE, OF COURSE, AND NOWHERE NEAR AS PRONOUNCED, AS THEY WOULD BE IN JUST A FEW YEARS' TIME, BUT-AS WITH THE 1959 MATERIAL LATER ISSUED ON "JACKIE'S BAG-HINTS OF ORNETTE COLEMAN'S STREAM-OF-CONSCIOUSNESS MELODIC FREEDOM ARE BEGINNING TO FIND THERE WAY INTO MCLEAN'S IMPROVISATIONS. HIS PLAYING IS JUST A TOUCH MORE ANGULAR THAN THE EAR EXPECTS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE VERY BLUESY NATURE OF PIECES LIKE MCLEAN'S 11-MINUTE VAMP, "HIP STRUT", AND PIANIST WALTER DAVIS, JR'S INFECTIOUS BOOGIE-WOOGIE "GREASY". COLEMAN'S INFLUENCE IS MOST APPARENT ON MCLEANS "MINOR APPREHENSION", WHERE THE FREEWHEELING, COLEMAN-ESQUE MAIN THEME IS PARALLELED BY TRUMPETER DONALD BYRD IN A DEFINITE NOD TO DON CHERRY."
                                                                                                              1) HIP STRUT                                                                                                               2) MINOR APPREHENSION                                                                                                               3) GREASY                                                                                                               4) SWEET CAKES                                                                                                               5) DAVIS CUP
        MUSICIANS: JACKIE MCLEAN-ALTO SAX, DONALD BYRD-TRUMPET, PAUL CHAMBERS-BASS-WALTER DAVIS, JR.-PIANO & PETE LAROCA-DRUMS.