Jackie McLean - Lights Out![FLAC - LOSSLESS] torrent

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Personnel: Donald Byrd , Jackie McLean , Elmo Hope , Doug Watkins , Art Taylor.
Release date: Jan 27, 1956


Track Listing
1. Lights Out
2. Up
3. Lorraine
4. A Foggy Day
5. Kerplunk
6. Inding


Certainly the freshest of Jackie McLean's early albums recorded for the Prestige label. There is a wonderful lightness and fluidity to all the tracks, even the protracted slow blues "Lights Out" that opens the album and sets the mood for the tunes to follow. Donald Byrd seems to feel particularly comfortable here, giving one of his best performances. The rhythm section -- Elmo Hope, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor -- is wonderfully tight. McLean himself is still somewhat caught up in the bebop idiom, but he already possesses the spark that sets this performance apart from the other Charlie Parker disciples. A very rewarding listen.

(Review by hprill from RateYourMusic.com)


Enjoy!