JACKIE McLEAN 'BOUT SOUL w/Grachan Moncur III Rare Orig '67 BLUE NOTE STEREO LP
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I JUST PICKED UP A BUNCH OF FUNK, SOUL, JAZZ AND MOTOWN RECORDS...MOST OF THEM ARE PROMO DJ COPIES AND I WILL BE LISTING THEM AS TIME ALLOWS. UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A VERY RARE JACKIE McLEAN - "BOUT SOUL" RECORD. JACKET IS NICE (CORNER HAS A CUTOUT), VINYL IS SHINY AND I SEE NO SCRATCHES. AWESOME PIECE TO ADD TO A SERIOUS COLLECTION. CHECK OUT MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE GREAT RECORDS AND OTHER COLLECTIBLES AS I DO COMBINE SHIPPING. THANKS FOR LOOKING!

·       JACKIE McLEAN  with RASHIED ALI, GRACHAN MONCUR III AND OTHERS - 'BOUT SOUL - ORIGINAL 1967 BLUE NOTE RECORDS STEREO LP BST-84284

 

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

 

·       ORIGINAL WHITE AND BLUE 'BLUE NOTE' LABEL WITH 'A DIVISION OF LIBERTY RECORDS INSCRIPTION ON THE LABEL

 

·       The record has Rudy Van Gelder’s name clearly stamped or hand-etched in the trail-off vinyl (dead wax)

 

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

 

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

 

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

 

 'Bout Soul does not mean the same thing as soul-jazz, as the opening track "Soul" makes abundantly clear. Written by Grachan Moncur III and poet Barbara Simmons, "Soul" is a tonally free tone-poem that features Simmons' spoken recital. It's about what the concept of soul is, not what soul music is, and that should not come as a surprise to anyone acquainted with Jackie McLean's work. Even as his Blue Note contemporaries were working commercial soul-jazz grooves, McLean pushed the borders of jazz, embracing the avant-garde and free jazz. 'Bout Soul is one of his most explicit free albums, finding the alto saxophonist pushing a quintet -- trumpeter Woody Shaw (who sits out "Dear Nick, Dear John"), pianist Lamont Johnson, bassist Scotty Holt, drummer Rashied Ali -- into uncompromising, tonally free territory. This is intensely cerebral music that is nevertheless played with a fiery passion. Although the music was all composed, it is played as if it was invented on the spot. Fans of McLean's straight-ahead hard bop, or even of his adventurous mid-'60s sessions, might find this a little off-putting at first, but 'Bout Soul rewards close listening. It is one of McLean's finest modern contemporary sessions.



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