A Long Drink of the Blues
1961 studio album by Jackie McLean
A Long Drink of the Blues Jackie McLean .[ 1] New Jazz Records as NJ 8253. It features two tracks with McLean in a sextet featuring trumpeter Webster Young , trombonist Curtis Fuller , bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Louis Hayes , and three with a quartet featuring pianist Mal Waldron , bassist Art Phipps and drummer Art Taylor .
Reception
The contemporaneous DownBeat bridge in his two solo choruses varied effectively, giving "a different emotional experience to the listener".[ 3]
Track listing
"A Long Drink of the Blues" [Take 1] false start - 2:21
"A Long Drink of the Blues" (McLean) [Take 2] - 20:49
"Embraceable You " (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 7:07
"I Cover the Waterfront " (Heyman, Green) - 6:27
"These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) " (Link, Marvell, Strachey) - 8:21
Personnel
References
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section.
As leader With
The Happy Blues Gene Ammons , 1956)Jammin' with Gene Funky Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons Hard Bop Art Blakey /The Jazz Messengers , 1956)Originally Drum Suite A Night in Tunisia Ritual: The Modern Jazz Messengers Tough! Back to the Tracks Tina Brooks , 1960)2 Guitars Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney , 1957)Off to the Races Donald Byrd , 1958)Fuego Byrd in Flight Cool Struttin' Sonny Clark , 1958)Dig Miles Davis , 1951)Quintet/Sextet Davis Cup Walter Davis Jr. , 1959)Inta Somethin' Kenny Dorham , 1961)Matador Tuba Sounds Ray Draper , 1957)2 Trumpets Art Farmer , 1957)Bird Songs: The Final Recordings Dizzy Gillespie , 1992)To Bird with Love Pithecanthropus Erectus Charles Mingus , 1956)Blues & Roots Mobley's Message Hank Mobley , Prestige, 1956)Hi Voltage Evolution Grachan Moncur III , 1963)Lee-Way Tom Cat Cornbread Infinity Charisma The Sixth Sense The Music From "The Connection" Freddie Redd , 1960)Shades of Redd Redd's Blues Open House Jimmy Smith , 1960)Plain Talk Taylor's Wailers Mal/2 Mal Waldron , 1957)Left Alone Left Alone '86 Easterly Winds Jack Wilson , 1967) Film and TV
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As WithGene WithJackie WithCharles Mingus With the With
All Night Long Kenny Burrell , 1956)Earthy 2 Guitars Jimmy Raney , 1957)Where? Ron Carter , 1961)The Teddy Charles Tentet Coolin' Teddy Charles , 1957)Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette John Coltrane & Paul Quinichette , 1957)Coltrane Dakar Pepper Adams & Cecil Payne , 1957)At the Five Spot Eric Dolphy , both volumes, 1961)Tuba Sounds Ray Draper , 1957)Hornful of Soul Catwalk , Bennie Green , 1960)Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport Lady in Satin Billie Holiday , 1958)So Warm Etta Jones , 1961)After Hours Thad Jones , 1957)Olio Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk Straight Ahead Abbey Lincoln , 1961)Teo Teo Macero , 1957)On the Sunny Side Percussion Bitter Sweet Max Roach , 1961)It's Time Speak, Brother, Speak! For Lady Webster Young , 1957)
