Review
by Steve Huey
Jackie's Bag is split between two different recording sessions: the first, from January 1959, was the first session Jackie McLean ever led for Blue Note, and the second was a sextet date from September 1960 that featured tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks as a co-leader in all but name. According to the liner notes, McLean's first date produced only three songs of releasable quality, which are included here. Six tunes were cut at the Brooks session, which were all issued in Japan as Street Singer, and half appeared on the original Jackie's Bag LP. Given the transitional time period of the first and Brooks' musical taste on the second, the music on Jackie's Bag finds McLean in a staunchly hard bop mode, with occasional hints of adventurousness. While McLean's debut performances are certainly well done, the most distinctive appeal of the album lies in the Brooks collaborations. There are exotic flavors to McLean's terrific "Appointment in Ghana" and Brooks' "Isle of Java"; of the newly added bonus tracks, Brooks' "Medina" has a particularly complex and memorable theme, and his "Street Singer" was actually issued on his own Back to the Tracks album as well. Despite crucial contributions from trumpeter Blue Mitchell and drummer Art Taylor, the real focal point of these performances is the complementary interplay between McLean and Brooks, the latter of whom does a nice job of matching the former's legendarily hard-edged tone. McLean devotees will want this anyway, but the quality of the Street Singer material pushes Jackie's Bag far beyond a simple gap-plugging historical release.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/jackies-bag-mw0000192190
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Reseña
por Steve Huey
Jackie's Bag se divide en dos sesiones de grabación diferentes: la primera, de enero de 1959, fue la primera sesión que Jackie McLean dirigió para Blue Note, y la segunda fue una fecha de sexteto de septiembre de 1960 que contó con la saxofonista tenor Tina Brooks como co-líder en todo menos en el nombre. Según las notas de presentación, la primera cita de McLean sólo produjo tres canciones de calidad publicable, que se incluyen aquí. En la sesión de Brooks se grabaron seis temas, que se publicaron en Japón como Street Singer, y la mitad aparecieron en el LP original Jackie's Bag. Dado el período de transición del primero y el gusto musical de Brooks en el segundo, la música de Jackie's Bag encuentra a McLean en un modo hard bop incondicional, con ocasionales toques de aventurerismo. Aunque las interpretaciones del debut de McLean están ciertamente bien hechas, el atractivo más distintivo del álbum reside en las colaboraciones de Brooks. Hay sabores exóticos en la estupenda "Appointment in Ghana" de McLean y en "Isle of Java" de Brooks; de las nuevas canciones extra añadidas, "Medina" de Brooks tiene un tema particularmente complejo y memorable, y su "Street Singer" se publicó en su propio álbum Back to the Tracks. A pesar de las contribuciones cruciales del trompetista Blue Mitchell y el batería Art Taylor, el verdadero punto focal de estas actuaciones es la interacción complementaria entre McLean y Brooks, el último de los cuales hace un buen trabajo igualando el legendario tono duro del primero. Los devotos de McLean querrán esto de todos modos, pero la calidad del material de Street Singer empuja a Jackie's Bag mucho más allá de un simple lanzamiento histórico para llenar huecos.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/jackies-bag-mw0000192190
1 - Quadrangle - 4:42
2 - Blues Inn - 9:05
3 - Fidel - 7:08
4 - Appointment In Ghana - 6:57
5 - A Ballad For Doll - 3:16
6 - Isle Of Java
Written-By – Tina Brooks - 7:27
7 - Street Singer
Written-By – Tina Brooks - 10:15
8 - Melonae's Dance - 6:46
9 - Medina
Written-By – Tina Brooks - 6:44
Credits:
Alto Saxophone – Jackie McLean
Bass – Paul Chambers (3)
Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
Drums – "Philly" Joe Jones (tracks: 1 to 3), Art Taylor (tracks: 4 to 9)
Photography By [Liner] – Francis Wolff
Piano – Kenny Drew (tracks: 4 to 9), Sonny Clark (tracks: 1 to 3)
Producer – Alfred Lion
Recorded By, Remastered By [2002] – Rudy Van Gelder
Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
Tenor Saxophone – Tina Brooks (tracks: 4 to 9)
Trumpet – Tina Brooks (tracks: 4 to 9), Donald Byrd (tracks: 1 to 3)
Written-By – Jackie McLean (tracks: 1 to 5, 8)
Notes:
Tracks 1 to 3 recorded on January 18, 1959 at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Tracks 4 to 9 recorded on September 1, 1960 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Tracks 1 to 6 originally issued as Blue Note BLP 4051 and BST 84051.
Tracks 7-9 are bonus tracks.
Label: Blue Note – 7243 5 42303 2 5
Series: RVG Edition
Country: US
Released: 2003
Genre: Jazz
Style: Hard Bop
https://www.discogs.com/release/678294-Jackie-McLean-Jackies-Bag
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