Classic 1961 hard-bop album by the alto sax great. Jackie McLean’s fifth Blue Note LP. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio on 26th October 1961. Featuring Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Sonny Clark (piano), Butch Warren (bass) and Billy Higgins (drums). Showcasing fine McLean originals (the title track and ‘Subdued’), the only Thelonious Monk/Sonny Clark collaboration (‘Five Will Get You Ten’), plus Clark’s ‘Sundu’, Turrentine’s ‘Enitnerrut’ and Warren’s ‘Lost’. Includes session photography by Francis Wolff and liner notes by legendary jazz writer Ira Gitler.

BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VINYL EDITION: mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal, padded inner sleeves.

Tracklist

A1. Five Will Get You Ten

A2. Subdued

A3. Sundu

B1. A Fickle Sonance

B2. Enitnerrut

B3. Lost

Alto Saxophone: Jackie McLean, Trumpet: Tommy Turrentine: Piano: Sonny Clark, Bass: Butch Warren, Drums: Billy Higgins