Let Freedom Ring
1963 studio album by Jackie McLean
Let Freedom Ring jazz saxophonist Jackie McLean , recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label.[ 2] Walter Davis Jr. , bassist Herbie Lewis and drummer Billy Higgins .
McLean wrote three of the four compositions. "Melody for Melonae" is dedicated to his daughter (as was an earlier composition, "Little Melonae"), and appeared as "Melanie" on Matador Kenny Dorham . The slower-tempo performance on Let Freedom Ring was the first occasion that McLean used "provocative upper-register screams".[ 3] twelve-bar structure and harmonies, the latter more abstract and modal . The one non-McLean track is Bud Powell 's ballad , "I'll Keep Loving You".
Reception
The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 5 stars and stated: "The success of Let Freedom Ring paved the way for a bumper crop of other modernist innovators to join the Blue Note roster and, artistically, it still stands with One Step Beyond [ 4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Let Freedom Ring four out of four stars, and includes the album in a select "Core Collection".[ 5]
Track listing
All compositions by Jackie McLean except where noted
"Melody for Melonae" - 13:24
"I'll Keep Loving You" (Bud Powell ) - 6:18
"Rene" - 10:03
"Omega" - 8:31
Personnel
Charts
References
^ Billboard May 18, 1963^ Jackie McLean discography , accessed January 13, 2013.^ Bob Blumenthal's liner notes to the 2003 RVG edition.
^ a b Huey, S. Allmusic review , accessed January 13, 2013.
^ a b Cook, Richard ; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. pp. 979–980. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0 ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 136 . ISBN 0-394-72643-X ^ "Lista prodaje 39. tjedan 2024" (in Croatian). HDU . September 16, 2024. Archived from the original on October 2, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024 .
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
