Jacknife (album)

1975 studio album by Jackie McLean

Jacknife

Studio album by

Jackie McLean

Released| 1975
Recorded| September 24, 1965 (#1–5)
April 18, 1966 (#6–10)
Studio| Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre| Post-bop, modal jazz
Length| 80:45 original LP
41:36 CD reissue (#1–5)
Label| Blue Note
BN-LA457-H2
Producer| Alfred Lion
Jackie McLean chronology
| Right Now!
(1965)  | Jacknife
(1975)  | Consequence
(1965)

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Alternative cover

2002 Limited CD

Jacknife is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean. It actually comprises two volumes, one recorded in 1965 and the other in 1966. They were originally given the catalogue number of BLP 4223 and BLP 4236, but were shelved for ten years and issued together in 1975 as a double LP, with the number BN-LA457-H2.[1] Whilst the 1965 tracks were released on a limited edition CD in 2002, those from 1966 have never been released singularly; however, they can be found on the four-disc Mosaic compilation The Complete Blue Note 1964–66 Jackie McLean Sessions, which was limited to 5,000 copies.

## Reception

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The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars and stated: "The single CD (1–5) is quite worthwhile by itself, but tells only half of the story."[2]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [4]

## Track listing

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1. "On the Nile" (Tolliver) - 12:34
2. "Climax" (DeJohnette) - 9:20
3. "Soft Blue" (Morgan) - 7:30
4. "Jacknife" (Tolliver) - 6:16
5. "Blue Fable" (McLean) - 5:56

Tracks 1–5 recorded on September 24, 1965.

1.   2. "High Frequency" (Willis) - 11:30
3. "Combined Effort" - 9:21
4. "Moonscape" - 6:51
5. "Jossa Bossa" (Moore) - 6:59
6. "The Bull Frog" (Willis) - 4:28

Tracks 6–10 recorded on April 18, 1966.

## Personnel

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Tracks 1–5

* Jackie McLean \- alto saxophone
* Charles Tolliver (#1, 3, 4), Lee Morgan (#2, 3, 5) - trumpet
* Larry Willis \- piano
* Larry Ridley \- bass
* Jack DeJohnette \- drums

Tracks 6–10

* Jackie McLean - alto saxophone
* Larry Willis - piano
* Don Moore \- bass
* Jack DeJohnette - drums

## References

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1. ^ Jackie McLean discography, accessed October 18, 2010.
2. ^ a b Michael G. Nastos, Allmusic review, accessed October 18, 2010.
3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 136\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 981\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Jackie McLean

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As leader

co-leader|

* Presenting... Jackie McLean (1955)
* Lights Out! (1956)
* 4, 5 and 6 (1956)
* Jackie's Pal (1956)
* McLean's Scene (1957–59)
* Jackie McLean & Co. (1957)
* Makin' the Changes (1957)
* A Long Drink of the Blues (1957)
* Strange Blues (1957)
* Alto Madness (1957)
* Fat Jazz (1957)
* Jackie's Bag (1959–60)
* New Soil (1959)
* Swing, Swang, Swingin' (1959)
* Capuchin Swing (1960)
* Street Singer (with Tina Brooks, 1960)
* Bluesnik (1961)
* A Fickle Sonance (1961)
* Let Freedom Ring (1962)
* Tippin' the Scales (1962)
* Vertigo (1962–63)
* Hipnosis (1962–67)
* One Step Beyond (1963)
* Destination... Out! (1963)
* It's Time! (1964)
* Action Action Action (1964)
* Right Now! (1965)
* Jacknife (1965–66)
* Consequence (1965)
* New and Old Gospel (1967)
* 'Bout Soul (1967)
* Demon's Dance (1967)
* Live at Montmartre (1972)
* Ode to Super (1973)
* A Ghetto Lullaby (1973)
* Altissimo (1973)
* The Meeting (1973)
* The Source (1973)
* Antiquity (1974)
* New York Calling (1974)
* New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)
* One Night with Blue Note Preserved Volume 2 (1985)
* It's About Time (1985)
* Hat Trick (1996)

With
others|

* The Happy Blues (Gene Ammons, 1956)
* Jammin' with Gene (Gene Ammons, 1956)
* Funky (Gene Ammons, 1957)
* Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (Gene Ammons, 1957)
* Hard Bop (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956)
* Originally (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956 [1982])
* Drum Suite (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956–57)
* A Night in Tunisia (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, Vik/RCA, 1957)
* Ritual: The Modern Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey, 1957)
* Tough! (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1957)
* Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960)
* 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957)
* Off to the Races (Donald Byrd, 1958)
* Fuego (Donald Byrd, 1959)
* Byrd in Flight (Donald Byrd, 1960)
* Cool Struttin' (Sonny Clark, 1958)
* Dig (Miles Davis, 1951)
* Quintet/Sextet (Miles Davis, 1955)
* Davis Cup (Walter Davis Jr., 1959)
* Inta Somethin' (Kenny Dorham, 1961)
* Matador (Kenny Dorham, 1962)
* Tuba Sounds (Ray Draper, 1957)
* 2 Trumpets (Art Farmer, 1957)
* Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
* To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
* Pithecanthropus Erectus (Charles Mingus, 1956)
* Blues & Roots (Charles Mingus, 1958)
* Mobley's Message (Hank Mobley, Prestige, 1956)
* Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967)
* Evolution (Grachan Moncur III, 1963)
* Lee-Way (Lee Morgan, 1960)
* Tom Cat (Lee Morgan, 1964)
* Cornbread (Lee Morgan, 1965)
* Infinity (Lee Morgan, 1965)
* Charisma (Lee Morgan, 1966)
* The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1967–68)
* The Music From "The Connection" (Freddie Redd, 1960)
* Shades of Redd (Freddie Redd, 1960)
* Redd's Blues (Freddie Redd, 1961)
* Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
* Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
* Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, 1957)
* Mal/2 (Mal Waldron, 1957)
* Left Alone (Mal Waldron, 1959)
* Left Alone '86 (Mal Waldron, 1986)
* Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson, 1967)

Film and TV
appearances|

* The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)
* Jazz (Ken Burns, 2000)

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Lee Morgan

Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.

As leader
or co-leader|

* Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956)
* Introducing Lee Morgan (1956)
* Lee Morgan Sextet (1956)
* Dizzy Atmosphere (1957)
* Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (1957)
* City Lights (1957)
* The Cooker (1957)
* Candy (1957–58)
* Peckin' Time (1958)
* Monday Night at Birdland (1958)
* Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959)
* Here's Lee Morgan (1960)
* Lee-Way (1960)
* Expoobident (1960)
* The Young Lions (1960)
* Take Twelve (1962)
* The Sidewinder (1963)
* Search for the New Land (1964)
* Tom Cat (1964)
* Cornbread (1965)
* Infinity (1965)
* The Gigolo (1965)
* The Night of the Cookers (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965)
* The Rumproller (1965)
* Delightfulee (1966)
* Charisma (1966)
* The Rajah (1966)
* Standards (1967)
* Sonic Boom (1967)
* The Procrastinator (1967–69)
* The Sixth Sense (1967)
* Taru (1968)
* Caramba! (1968)
* Live at the Lighthouse (1970)
* The Last Session (1971)

With
Art Blakey
& The Jazz
Messengers|

* Theory of Art (aka, A Night in Tunisia, 1957)
* Drums Around the Corner (1958–59)
* Moanin' (1958)
* 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958)
* Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958)
* Les Liaisons dangereuses (1958)
* Africaine (1959)
* At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959)
* Paris Jam Session (1959)
* The Big Beat (1960)
* A Night in Tunisia (1960)
* Like Someone in Love (1960)
* Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (1960)
* Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961)
* The Freedom Rider (1961)
* The Witch Doctor (1961)
* Roots & Herbs (1961)
* Pisces (1961–64)
* Indestructible (1964)
* Golden Boy (1964)
* 'S Make It (1964)
* Soul Finger (1965)
* Hold On, I'm Coming (1965)

With
Hank
Mobley|

* Hank Mobley Sextet (1956)
* Jazz Message No. 2 (1956)
* No Room for Squares (1963)
* Dippin' (1965)
* A Caddy for Daddy (1965)
* A Slice of the Top (1966)
* Straight No Filter (1966)
* Third Season (1967)

With
others|

* Minor Move (Tina Brooks, 1958)
* Blue Train (John Coltrane, 1957)
* Intensity (Charles Earland, 1972)
* Charles III (Charles Earland, 1972)
* Brass Shout (Art Farmer, 1959)
* Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959)
* The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (1959)
* Images of Curtis Fuller (1960)
* Dizzy in Greece (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957)
* Birks' Works (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957)
* Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957)
* Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (Benny Golson, 1958)
* A Blowin' Session (Johnny Griffin, 1957)
* Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966)
* Last Chorus (Ernie Henry, 1957)
* Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968)
* Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969)
* Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971)
* The Prime Element (Elvin Jones, 1969)
* Drums Around the World (Philly Joe Jones, 1959)
* The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959)
* Cliff Jordan (Clifford Jordan, 1957)
* Kelly Great (Wynton Kelly, 1959)
* Greasy Kid Stuff! (Harold Mabern, 1970)
* Jacknife (Jackie McLean, 1965)
* Consequence (Jackie McLean, 1965)
* Evolution (Grachan Moncur, 1963)
* Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959)
* Night Dreamer (Wayne Shorter, 1964)
* House Party (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58)
* The Sermon! (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58)
* Mr. Natural (Stanley Turrentine, 1964)
* Tender Moments (McCoy Tyner, 1967)
* Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson, 1967)
* Mother Ship (Larry Young, 1969)
* Love Bug (Reuben Wilson, 1969)

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