Jackie McLean: Tippin' The Scales LP (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) BREC-201 and reached No

and reached No

and Big John Patton going back to the late-1950s thru the early-60s on standout dates including his own Here ‘Tis

Alongside assured cover versions of tunes by Lyle Mays and Wayne Shorter

Featuring a 10-piece band

Braedon Gautier

Jackie McLean: Tippin' The Scales LP (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) BREC-201 and reached NoBlue Note, 1979 Jackie McLeans 1960s Blue Note output is a fascinating body of work, especially viewed with the benefit of hindsight. In between recording 2 venturous modernist sessionsLet Freedom Ring and One Step Beyondthat would set the tone for the alto saxophonists future explorations, came the seemingly more conventional and relaxed quartet date Tippin The Scales. Recorded in September 1962 but not released until 1979, the date featured McLean