The Jackie McLean Quintet, 1981 Jubilee YS-7083-RO Japan Vinyl + OBI

Mono pressing with obi 

Originally issued in 1955, this is Jackie McLean's debut date as a leader. The band includes Donald Byrd on trumpet (himself a young lion at the time), pianist Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins on bass, and drummer Ronnie Tucker. A standard late bebop and early hard bop date (but then again, hard bop was still fresh and new at the time, and McLean was at the forefront of it), the album is most notable for its two McLean originals: "Little Melonae" and the beautiful blues "Blue Doll." Mal Waldron's "Mood Malady" closes the set with a wonderful showcase of his own use of extended harmonic reaches inside a conventional hard bop tune.

Thom Jurek -All Music Guide

Personnel:
Jackie McLean (alto sax), Donald Byrd (trumpet), Mal Waldron (piano), Doug Watkins (bass), Ronald Tucker (drums).
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, October 21, 1955

ORIGIN : Japan
LABEL : Jubilee Records 
CONDITION OF COVER, INSERT & OBI : EX
CONDITION OF RECORD : EX+

RECORD GRADING DEFINITIONS

MINT: Never opened, still in original shrink wrap.

NM: Opened, appears unplayed.

EX: A few very light surface hair-line marks with no major deterioration to the sound quality.

VG: A few light scratches and/or scuffs creating audible background noise. There is no skipping or jumping on this record unless indicated in the condition description.

A plus or minus (+ or -) denotes slightly better or slightly less than a grade, eg. VG+.

Each record has been cleaned and played to ensure the accuracy of the following grading