American jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator (1931–2006)
For other persons named John McLean, see John McLean (disambiguation).
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Jackie McLean
McLean in 1982
Background information
Birth name
John Lenwood McLean
Born
(1931-05-17)May 17, 1931 New York City, U.S.
Died
March 31, 2006(2006-03-31) (aged 74) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Genres
Jazz
hard bop
post-bop
jazz fusion
avant-garde jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
composer
educator
Instrument(s)
Alto saxophone
Years active
1951–2004
Musical artist
John Lenwood McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006)[1] was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator, and is one of the few musicians to be elected to the DownBeat Hall of Fame in the year of their death.
^Keepnews, Peter (April 3, 2006). "Jackie McLean, Jazz Saxophonist and Mentor, Dies at 74". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2018. John Lenwood McLean was born in Harlem on May 17, 1931. (Many sources give his year of birth as 1932, but The Grove Dictionary of Jazz and other authoritative reference works say he was born a year earlier.)
death. McLean was born in New York City. His father, John Sr., played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra. After his father's death in 1939, Jackie's musical...
"Vincent" three million. McLean's grandfather and father, both also named Donald McLean, were of Scottish origin. McLean's mother, Elizabeth Bucci, was...
an album by American saxophonist JackieMcLean recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label. It features McLean in a quintet with trumpeter Charles...
album by American jazz saxophonist JackieMcLean, recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label. It features McLean in a quartet with pianist Walter...
an album by American saxophonist JackieMcLean recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label. It features McLean in a quintet with trumpeter Freddie...
Richard Lewis, JackieMcLean, David Amram and Jackie Mills. With JackieMcLeanJackieMcLean (1957). McLean's Scene. New Jazz/OJC. JackieMcLean - Makin' the...
Farmer, Curtis Fuller, Grant Green, Philly Joe Jones, Clifford Jordan, JackieMcLean, Hank Mobley, Art Taylor, and Wilbur Ware. He also recorded sessions...
by American jazz saxophonist JackieMcLean recorded on May 2, 1959 and released on Blue Note later that year. McLean's quintet features trumpeter Donald...
MacLean, also spelt Maclean and McLean, is a Scottish Gaelic surname Mac Gille Eathain, or, Mac Giolla Eóin in Irish Gaelic), Eóin being a Gaelic form...
Kenny Burrell, Freddie Hubbard, JackieMcLean, Freddie Redd, and Jimmy Smith. Around the same period, Brooks was McLean's understudy in The Connection,...
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