Mar 12, 2010

Jackie McLean featuring Dexter Gordon - The Meeting

barabara sounds sez:

Heavyweight summit meeting of two sax giants, laid down when the two crossed paths in Copenhagen in the sumer of 1973. It's a live session recorded at the Montmartre Jazzhus over a couple of evenings. There was another album (imaginatively called Vol. 2) from these dates, also on Steeplechase. Both of these guys had done their best work earlier in their careers, but this is still a great date.


dusty sez:

The first installment of a live recording made in Copenhagen in 1973 -- featuring Jackie leading a group that also includes Dexter Gordon on tenor and Kenny Drew on piano. Niels-Henning Ørsted Pederson plays bass and Alex Riel plays drums -- and the tracks are long and open, with a focus on solo space -- as on Gordon's own European sessions of the time. Song titles include Gordon's "All Clean", Sahib Shihab's "Rue De La Harpe", Drew's "Sunset", and "On The Trail".

18 comments:

taro nombei said...

Yes. more Jackie McLean — can't get enough...

and remember, comments (yes, even anonymous!) make the blogosphere so round :–)

http://www.mediafire.com/?zijodmjmgtu

Anonymous said...

thanks for this post...just finished listening to a jackie mclean/ cedar walton 97 date from sugarmegs that has decent sound

taro nombei said...

You're very welcome.
Mclean with Cedar Walton sounds sweet, I'll have to check that one out.

BlindWilliam said...

This is a great album. Thanks.

P E A C E --> bw

taro nombei said...

@ anon

now checking out the discographies, do yo mean the Nature Boy album from '99?
Or Art Farmer's date in Tokyo in '77?

http://www.jazzdisco.org/jackie-mclean/catalog/

taro nombei said...

@ BlindWilliam

very pleased you dropped by.
I'll be exploring over at your place too :–)

taro nombei said...

btw here's a nice pic of JM & CW — maybe late 90s??

http://www.jazzafterhours.org/jahgallery/jackie_cedar_JPG.html

jazzistic said...

Hello

Thanks a lot for this great album. Jackie McLean with Dexter Gordon
Unfortunately I have a problem with the file number 5 which is corrupted.
Could you pleas re-up it.
I thank you in advance
Best regards

taro nombei said...

@ jazzistic

Seems like mf is screwing up the files in the download...
thanks for letting me know...

Anonymous said...

there you go...
http://www.mediafire.com/?jjhoywyqtnj

playjazzloud said...

this looks good, thx for sharing!

tommythomaso said...

Barbara, I saw Dexter in Hollywood in 1953 - before, obviously, he departed for the open-armed French. Thanx for the treat. McLean has entertained me since the beginning of time.

Anonymous said...

thanks for the jackie mac. I have almost everything he put out but was not familiar with this one. looking forward to hearing it. nice blog - interesting selections.

taro nombei said...

@ tommy & anon

you're very welcome!

duck said...

sincere thanks for this Jackie McLean post

taro nombei said...

@ duck
and to you for the comment :-)

Anonymous said...

Uuuuuuuuuu. It smells sooooo good.

Thanks for share. Share is living

taro nombei said...

@ anon
"share is living"
You said it!