Jackie McLean – Bluesnik LP BLUE NOTE RECORDS CLASSIC VINYL REISSUE SERIES

Best known for his work with Charles Mingus, pianist Horace Parlan began recording for Blue Note in 1960 with an excellent run of hard bop classics includingSpeakin’ My Piece, a quintet date featuring a frontline of Stanley Turrentine on saxophone and Tommy Turrentine on trumpet with the rhythm team of George Tucker on bass and Al Harewood on drums.
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean had the blues on his mind when he went into Van Gelder Studio in 1961 to record his hard bop masterpiece Bluesnik with a blazing quintet featuring Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Kenny Drew on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and Pete La Roca on drums. The six-song set of bluesy originals brims with immediacy and vibrancy.
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
Speakin’ My Piece (1960)
1. Wadin' (Side A)
2. Up In Cynthia's Room (Side A)
3. Borderline (Side A)
4. Rastus (Side B)
5. Oh So Blue (Side B)
6. Speakin' My Piece (Side B)
Horace Parlan (piano);
Stanley Turrentine (sax); Tommy Turrentine (trumpet); George Tucker (bass); Al Harewood (drums)