Jackie McLean: It's Time LP (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) HALLOWEEN 21 “Greasy Spoon” and the simmering

“Greasy Spoon” and the simmering lament of “I’m Goin’ to Jackson”

A BITTER & SWEET SOLITUDE:

performing ‘Chik-Eta’ and ‘How About You

Ain't I Good To You

Tunji (Toon-gee)

Jackie McLean: It's Time LP (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) HALLOWEEN 21 “Greasy Spoon” and the simmeringBlue Note, 1965 This impassioned quintet session from 1964 weaves elements of post bop and free jazz into a supremely spirited program of original compositions by Jackie McLean and the young trumpet sensation Charles Tolliver. McLean and Tolliver were joined by pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Cecil McBee, and drummer Roy Haynes. While the music was classified as the new thing at the time, the searing cry of the blues is ever present in McLean's