Jackie's Pal

1957 studio album by Jackie McLean Quintet
Jackie's Pal
Studio album by
Jackie McLean Quintet
ReleasedFebruary 1957[1]
RecordedAugust 31, 1956
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreJazz
Length42:09
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7068
ProducerBob Weinstock
Jackie McLean Quintet chronology
4, 5 and 6
(1956) 		Jackie's Pal
(1957) 		McLean's Scene
(1956)
Alternative cover
Steeplechase (1963, NJ 8290)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Jackie's Pal is a studio album by saxophonist Jackie McLean, his third issued recording for Prestige Records. It was recorded in 1956 and first released as PRLP 7068. In 1963, like the previous 4, 5 and 6, the album was reissued on the Prestige subsidiary label New Jazz Records, as NJ 8290, with a different cover and retitled Steeplechase. It was reissued on CD in 1991 under the original title.[4] It features McLean in a quintet with trumpeter Bill Hardman, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones.

Track listing

  1. "Sweet Doll" (McLean) - 6:06
  2. "Just for Marty" (Bill Hardman) - 6:39
  3. "Dee's Dilemma (Mal Waldron) - 7:06
  4. "Sublues (Hardman) - 8:03
  5. "Steeplechase" (Charlie Parker) - 8:12
  6. "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 6:03

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Billboard Feb 23, 1957
  2. ^ Allmusic Review
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 649. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ At Discogs
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