Jackie McLean: Let Freedom Ring LP (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) ETJS-1.02 looking at it in the

looking at it in the context of her larger body of work

the dynamic 11-song set featuring 9 originals showcases both Lage’s remarkable songcraft and adventurous sense of improvisation which takes flight in the company of his trusted trio with bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Dave King (The Bad Plus)

he demonstrates his questing imagination to magnificent effect

the searing cry of the blues is ever-present in McLean's brilliant alto saxophone playing

Jackie McLean: Let Freedom Ring LP (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) ETJS-1.02 looking at it in theBlue Note, 1962 Jackie McLeans 1962 album Let Freedom Ring reflected the change in the air of the early 60s: both the musical freedoms being explored by the emergent avant garde movement and the social freedoms sought by the ascendent civil rights movement. This four song set featuring the alto saxophonist with Walter Davis Jr. on piano, Herbie Lewis on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums melds the bluesy language of hard bop with the bristling energy of