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".

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18 comments:

  1. taro nombeiMarch 12, 2010 at 8:33 AM

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

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

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

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  2. AnonymousMarch 12, 2010 at 2:09 PM

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

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  3. taro nombeiMarch 12, 2010 at 5:56 PM

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

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  4. BlindWilliamMarch 14, 2010 at 2:52 AM

    This is a great album. Thanks.

    P E A C E --> bw

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  5. taro nombeiMarch 14, 2010 at 11:00 AM

    @ 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/

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  6. taro nombeiMarch 14, 2010 at 11:01 AM

    @ BlindWilliam

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

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  7. taro nombeiMarch 14, 2010 at 11:03 AM

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

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

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  8. jazzisticMarch 21, 2010 at 3:40 AM

    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

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  9. taro nombeiMarch 21, 2010 at 1:46 PM

    @ jazzistic

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

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  10. AnonymousMarch 21, 2010 at 1:47 PM

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

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  11. playjazzloudMarch 28, 2010 at 2:23 AM

    this looks good, thx for sharing!

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  12. tommythomasoMay 9, 2010 at 8:05 AM

    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.

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  13. AnonymousMay 13, 2010 at 11:03 AM

    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.

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  14. taro nombeiMay 13, 2010 at 7:49 PM

    @ tommy & anon

    you're very welcome!

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  15. duckJune 22, 2010 at 10:57 AM

    sincere thanks for this Jackie McLean post

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  16. taro nombeiJune 22, 2010 at 5:02 PM

    @ duck
    and to you for the comment :-)

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  17. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2011 at 8:12 AM

    Uuuuuuuuuu. It smells sooooo good.

    Thanks for share. Share is living

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  18. taro nombeiFebruary 2, 2011 at 10:05 PM

    @ anon
    "share is living"
    You said it!

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