Tracklist
- Melody For Melonae
- I'll Keep Loving You
- Rene
- Omega
Jackie McLean: Let Freedom Ring UHQCD
- Artist:
- Jackie McLean
$29.99
Blue Note, 1962
UHQCD Japanese import. Specially remastered from originals by Kevin Gray. Presented in a UHQCD jewel case with obi-strip and the original sleeve notes. Catalog Number: UCCQ-9715.
Jackie McLean’s 1962 album Let Freedom Ring reflected the change in the air of the early ‘60s: both the musical freedoms being explored by the emergent avant-garde movement and the social freedoms sought by the ascendent civil rights movement. This four-song set featuring the alto saxophonist with Walter Davis Jr. on piano, Herbie Lewis on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums melds the bluesy language of hard bop with the bristling energy of The New Thing. McLean’s emotive horn wails, shrieks, and soothes as the quartet moves through three striking McLean originals: “Melody For Melonae” (dedicated to his daughter), “Rene” (dedicated to his son), and “Omega” (dedicated to his mother). A plaintive rendition of the Bud Powell ballad “I’ll Keep Loving You” rounds out the date.