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1962 studio album by Jackie McLean
Bluesnik is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label.[ 2] It features McLean in a quintet with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard , pianist Kenny Drew , bassist Doug Watkins and drummer Pete La Roca .
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "Many critics-as well as jazz fans hold to the opinion that Bluesnik may be McLean's most accessible session for the label... this is a monster session effortlessly performed by a soloist at an early peak and a supporting cast of blazing sidemen."[ 3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz rates the album three and a half out of four stars and describes it as "Tough, unreconstructed modern blues that reveal considerable depths on subsequent hearings" and further states that the album is "An excellent record, that should be a high priority for anyone interested in McLean's music."[ 4]
All compositions by Jackie McLean except as indicated
"Bluesnik" - 9:36
"Goin' 'Way Blues" - 6:34
"Drew's Blues" (Kenny Drew ) - 5:52
"Cool Green" (Drew) - 5:20
"Blues Function" (Freddie Hubbard ) - 7:19
"Torchin'" (Drew) - 6:11
"Goin' 'Way Blues" [alternate take] - 6:42 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Torchin'" (Drew) [alternate take] - 6:16 Bonus track on CD reissue
^ Billboard Feb 24, 1962
^ Jackie McLean discography , accessed October 14, 2010.
^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic review , accessed October 14, 2010.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd edn) Penguin Books. ISBN 9780140513684
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 136. ISBN 0-394-72643-X .
^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin . p. 979. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 .
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section.
As leader or co-leader With others
The Happy Blues (Gene Ammons , 1956)
Jammin' with Gene (Gene Ammons, 1956)
Funky (Gene Ammons, 1957)
Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (Gene Ammons, 1957)
Hard Bop (Art Blakey /The Jazz Messengers , 1956)
Originally (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956 [1982])
Drum Suite (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956–57)
A Night in Tunisia (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, Vik/RCA, 1957)
Ritual: The Modern Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey, 1957)
Tough! (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1957)
Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks , 1960)
2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney , 1957)
Off to the Races (Donald Byrd , 1958)
Fuego (Donald Byrd, 1959)
Byrd in Flight (Donald Byrd, 1960)
Cool Struttin' (Sonny Clark , 1958)
Dig (Miles Davis , 1951)
Quintet/Sextet (Miles Davis, 1955)
Davis Cup (Walter Davis Jr. , 1959)
Inta Somethin' (Kenny Dorham , 1961)
Matador (Kenny Dorham, 1962)
Tuba Sounds (Ray Draper , 1957)
2 Trumpets (Art Farmer , 1957)
Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie , 1992)
To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
Pithecanthropus Erectus (Charles Mingus , 1956)
Blues & Roots (Charles Mingus, 1958)
Mobley's Message (Hank Mobley , Prestige, 1956)
Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967)
Evolution (Grachan Moncur III , 1963)
Lee-Way (Lee Morgan, 1960)
Tom Cat (Lee Morgan, 1964)
Cornbread (Lee Morgan, 1965)
Infinity (Lee Morgan, 1965)
Charisma (Lee Morgan, 1966)
The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1967–68)
The Music From "The Connection" (Freddie Redd , 1960)
Shades of Redd (Freddie Redd, 1960)
Redd's Blues (Freddie Redd, 1961)
Open House (Jimmy Smith , 1960)
Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, 1957)
Mal/2 (Mal Waldron , 1957)
Left Alone (Mal Waldron, 1959)
Left Alone '86 (Mal Waldron, 1986)
Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson , 1967)
Film and TV appearances
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
Albums as leader or co-leader
Open Sesame (1960)
Goin' Up (1960)
Hub Cap (1961)
Minor Mishap /Dedication! (Hubbard/Duke Pearson , 1961)
Ready for Freddie (1961)
The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962)
Hub-Tones (1962)
Here to Stay (1962)
The Body & the Soul (1963)
Breaking Point! (1964)
Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Jimmy Heath , 1965)
The Night of the Cookers (1965)
Blue Spirits (1965–66)
Backlash (1966)
High Blues Pressure (1967)
A Soul Experiment (1968–69)
The Black Angel (1969)
The Hub of Hubbard (1970)
Red Clay (1970)
Straight Life (1970)
Sing Me a Song of Songmy (with İlhan Mimaroğlu , 1970)
First Light (1971)
Polar AC (1971–73)
Sky Dive (1972)
Keep Your Soul Together (1973)
Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973)
In Concert Volume Two (with Stanley Turrentine , 1974)
High Energy (1974)
Gleam (1975)
Liquid Love (1975)
Windjammer (1976)
Bundle of Joy (1977)
Super Blue (1978)
The Love Connection (1979)
Skagly (1979)
Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980)
The Alternate Blues (with Clark Terry , Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson , 1980)
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980)
Born to Be Blue (1981)
Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (1981)
Outpost (1981)
Rollin' (1981)
Splash (1981)
Above & Beyond (1982)
Back to Birdland (1982)
Face to Face (with Oscar Peterson, 1982)
Ride Like the Wind (1982)
The Rose Tattoo (1983)
Sweet Return (1983)
Double Take (with Woody Shaw , 1985)
Life Flight (1987)
The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw, 1987)
Feel the Wind (with Art Blakey , 1988)
Times Are Changing (1989)
Topsy – Standard Book (1989)
Bolivia (1990–91)
At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles (1991)
Live at Fat Tuesday's (1991)
Blues for Miles (1992)
MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon (1994–95)
New Colors (2000)
On the Real Side (2007)
With Art Blakey /The Jazz Messengers WithDexter Gordon WithHerbie Hancock WithBobby Hutcherson WithQuincy Jones WithWayne Shorter With others
The Soul of the City (Manny Albam , 1966)
The Other Side of Abbey Road (George Benson , 1969)
Out of This World (Walter Benton , 1960)
True Blue (Tina Brooks , 1960)
God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell , 1971)
Cables' Vision (George Cables , 1979)
Droppin' Things (Betty Carter , 1990)
Free Jazz (Ornette Coleman , 1960)
Olé Coltrane (John Coltrane , 1961)
Africa/Brass (John Coltrane, 1961)
Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965)
Muses for Richard Davis (1969)
Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy , 1960)
Out to Lunch! (Eric Dolphy, 1964)
Undercurrent (Kenny Drew , 1960)
Leaving This Planet (Charles Earland , 1973)
Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin , 1967)
Interplay (Bill Evans , 1962)
Sonic Text (Joe Farrell , 1979)
Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller , 1960)
Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961)
Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Benny Golson , 1961)
Pop + Jazz = Swing (Benny Golson, 1962)
Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959)
Sister Salvation (Slide Hampton , 1960)
Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
The Quota (Jimmy Heath , 1961)
Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962)
Big Band (Joe Henderson , 1996)
Pax (Andrew Hill , 1965)
Compulsion (Andrew Hill, 1965)
Sunflower (Milt Jackson , 1972)
Goodbye (Milt Jackson, 1973)
52nd Street (Billy Joel , 1978)
Reg Strikes Back (Elton John , 1988)
J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson , 1960)
Echoes of an Era (Chaka Khan , 1982)
Essence (John Lewis , 1960–62)
Water Sign (Jeff Lorber , 1979)
Doin' the Thang! (Ronnie Mathews , 1963)
Bluesnik (Jackie McLean , 1961)
MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Modern Jazz Quartet , 1994)
Fingerpickin' (Wes Montgomery , 1958)
Roll Call (Hank Mobley , 1960)
The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson , 1961)
Sweet Honey Bee (Duke Pearson , 1966)
The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967)
Contours (Sam Rivers , 1965)
Drums Unlimited (Max Roach , 1965)
East Broadway Run Down (Sonny Rollins , 1966)
Numbers (Rufus , 1978)
Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin , 1965)
Giant Box (Don Sebesky , 1973)
Sugar (Stanley Turrentine , 1970)
Together (McCoy Tyner , 1978)
Quartets 4 X 4 (McCoy Tyner, 1980)
Soundscapes (Cedar Walton , 1980)
Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston , 1960)
Blue Moses (Randy Weston, 1972)