JACKIE McLEAN DESTINATION OUT BLUE NOTE 84165 ORIG 1964 RVG/DG PRESSING EX COND

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JACKIE McLEAN~DESTINATION OUT!~BLUE NOTE 84165~ORIG 1964 RVG/DG PRESSING~EX COND JACKIE McLEAN~DESTINATION OUT!~BLUE NOTE 84165~ORIG 1964 RVG/DG PRESSING~EX COND

Jackie McLean ?– Destination... Out!
Blue Note ?– BST 84165

ORIGINAL PRESSING FROM 1964 - 54 YEARS AGO!!!
HEAVYWEIGHT CARDBOARD COVER IS IN VG++ CONDITION WITH SOME WEAR AND DARKENING AT THE EDGES.
THERE IS SOME PARTIAL SPLITTING IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER.
HEAVY, STIFF VINYL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY VERY LITTLE WEAR!
THE ALBU PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY WITH ONLY VERY LIGHT BACKGROUND NOISE AND AN OCCASIONAL LIGHT POP OR CLICK.
INCREDIBLE MIX WITH GREAT SPATIAL DEPTH!
DEEP GROOVE LABELS!
"VAN GELDER" is stamped and the "EAR" symbol is visible in the run out groove of both sides.
Label is blue and white, with "Blue Note Records Inc • New York USA".
Back cover reads "43 West 61st St., New York 23".
GREAT CONDITION FOR A JAZZ ALBUM THAT IS OVER HALF A CENTURY OLD!

Like Eric Dolphy before him, Jackie McLean sought to create a kind of vanguard "chamber jazz" that still had the blues feel and -- occasionally -- the groove of hard bop, though with rounded, moodier edges. Destination Out! was the album on which he found it. Still working with Grachan Moncur III and Bobby Hutcherson -- his direct spiritual connection to Dolphy -- McLean changed his rhythm section by employing drummer Roy Haynes and bassist Larry Ridley. This combination proved a perfect balance of the four elements. The program is four tunes, three of which were written by Moncur. If there was a perfect Blue Note session after John Coltrane's Blue Train, this was it. Opening with a ballad was a novel idea in 1966, but McLean uses Moncur's love and hate to reveal all the tonal possibilities within this group of musicians, and the textural interplay that exists in the heightened sense of form, time breaks, and rhythm changes. As begun on One Step Beyond, the notion of interval is key in this band, and an elemental part of Moncur's composition. The horn lines are spare, haunting, warm, and treated as textural elements by Hutcherson's vibes. On the tune "Esoteric," Hutcherson and Haynes throw complex rhythmic figures into the mix. Moncur's writing is angular, resembling Ornette's early-'60s melodic notions more than Coltrane's modal considerations. Hutcherson's solo amid the complex, knotty melodic frame is just sublime. "Khalil the Prophet" is McLean's only contribution compositionally to the album, but it's a fine one. Using a hard bop lyric and a shape-shifting sense of harmonic interplay between the three front-line players, McLean moves deeply into a blues groove without giving into mere 4/4 time structures. The architecture of his solo is wonderfully obtuse, playing an alternating series of eighths, 12ths, and even 16ths against Hutcherson's wide-open comping and arpeggio runs. The set ends with Moncur's "Riff Raff," a strolling blues that makes full use of counterpoint on the vibes. Moncur sets his solo against McLean's melodic engagement of Hutcherson, forcing both men into opposition positions that get resolved in a sultry, funky, shimmering blues groove. Of all of McLean's Blue Note dates, so many of which are classic jazz recordings, Destination Out! stands as the one that reveals the true soulfulness and complexity of his writing, arranging, and "singing" voice.

Tracklist
A1     Love And Hate
A2     Esoteric
B1     Kahlil The Prophet
B2     Riff Raff

    
Credits
    Alto Saxophone – Jackie McLean
    Bass – Larry Ridley
    Design [Cover Design] – Larry Miller (10)
    Drums – Roy Haynes
    Photography By [Cover Photograph] – Francis Wolff
    Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder
    Trombone – Grachan Moncur III
    Vibraphone [Vibes] – Bobby Hutcherson