Personnel: John Jenkins (alto saxophone); Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone); Donald Byrd, Webster Young, Bill Hardman (trumpet); Curtis Fuller (trombone); Elmo Hope, Gil Coggins, Mal Waldron, Wade Legge (piano); Doug Watkins, Paul Chambers, Arthur Phipps (bass instrument); Louis Hayes, Art Taylor (drums).
Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean's flowing, inventive style and restless imagination originated in the Charlie Parker tradition. Though he's capable of bebop-style pyrotechnics, his softer side predominates on this two-CD primer, which spans the inspired, West Coast-influenced "Alto Madness" and the lyrical "Solar," as well as the agitated hard bop of "Dacor," recorded with drummer Art Taylor.
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