Demon's Dance
Occupation
- Alto Saxophone by Jackie McLean
- Trumpet: Woody Shaw
- Bass: Scott Holt
- Drums: Jack DeJohnette
Demon's Dance is a jazz album by Jackie McLean, which was recorded in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 22, 1967, and released in 1970 on Blue Note Records.
The album
Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean took off in the early 1960s a large number of albums for the Blue Note label on, starting with Swing, Swang, Swingin ' ( 1960). Demon's Dance was created at the last session where he recorded an album that Blue Note released ( later recordings of saxophonist for the label in July 1968 remained unpublished). Since Jackie McLean albums no longer sold successfully in the period around 1967/68, the label held under the new leadership and alignment of Liberty Records back the release to 1970.
Only five years later McLean should release an album again. Demon's Dance thus stands for the end of his first career section and was at the time an inflection point in McLean's career; he heard then on to play in nightclubs and took a part-time job as a lecturer at the University of Hartford, which culminated later in the Department of Afro - American Studies.
A contributing musicians on the session in December 1967 was the young drummer Jack DeJohnette, who was then gutbeschäftigt as a member in the band of Charles Lloyd and two years later should be popular due to the Bitches Brew sessions with Miles Davis. His membership in McLean's band since 1965, was his first big job since his departure from Chicago; for the first time, he was listening to McLean's album Jackknife.
Second Wind was the trumpeter Woody Shaw, who had previously been a member of the Horace Silver Quintet (The Jody Grint, 1967). Shaw contributed two pieces to the session at "Boo Ann's Grand ", dedicated to his wife, Betty Ann, and " Sweet Love of Mine ," which was influenced by Clare Fischer's composition " Pensativa ". At McLean's favorite composer at that time numbered Cal Massey, came from the two titles of the session: "Message from Trane ", who received the harmonic ideas of " Giant Steps "; also played Jackie McLean whose ballad " Toyland " one. McLean himself contributed the title song and the title " Flogeeh ".
Album Review
The music takes the Radikalitität the free play of New and Old Gospel (1967 ) with Ornette Coleman and Bout Soul something back and more focused on more structured chord progressions. Leonard Feather described this style in the liner notes by title " Sweet love of mine "; the piece have a vibrant, " boiling " and be coherent in character, in contrast to McLeans Outside experiments in productions such as Destination ... Out! with Grachan Moncur III or Old and New Gospel. However, the whole session has a strong swinging character, including Jack DeJohnette contributes a lot, and two relatively unknown musicians, the pianist LaMont Johnson and bassist Scott Holt, who participated already in New and Old Gospel, the rhythm work support DeJohnettes while trumpeter Woody Shaw who played in a fiery, powerful way, rivals the alto saxophonist and bandleader McLean said Steve Huey in All Music Guide, who distinguished the album with the second highest rating.
Title list
- Jackie McLean Quintet - Demon's Dance ( Blue Note BST 84345 )
Disco Graphical Notes
The album was reissued in 2006 in the series The Rudy Van Gelder Edition, with new liner notes by Bob Blumenthal. It was the first edition in CD form since Jackie McLean's death in late March 2006.