Jackie McLean - Tippin' The Scales (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (180g) (LP)

Jackie McLean - Tippin' The Scales (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (180g) (LP)   Format: LP Vinyl Label: Blue Note  Catalog No: B003331301Barcode: 0602435519753 Genre: Jazz  No of Discs: 1 Release Date : 4/1/2022   All Analog 180g Vinyl LP Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio From Original Analog Tape Produced By Music Matters' Joe Harley Pressed at RTI Jackie McLean's 1960s Blue Note output is a fascinating body of work, especially viewed with the benefit of hindsight. In between recording two venturous modernist sessions (Let Freedom Ring and One Step Beyond) that would set the tone for the alto saxophonist's 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 with Sonny Clark on piano, Butch Warren on bass, and Art Taylor on drums delivering a swinging hard bop set that presented two original