Let Freedom Ring
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| Let Freedom Ring | ||||
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| Studio album by Jackie McLean | ||||
| Released | May 1963[1] | |||
| Recorded | March 19, 1962 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs |
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:16 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84106 |
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| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Let Freedom Ring is an album by jazz saxophonist Jackie McLean, recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label.[2]
McLean wrote three of the four compositions. "Melody for Melonae" is dedicated to his daughter (as was an earlier composition, "Little Melonae"), and appeared as "Melanie" on Matador, a later recording that he made with Kenny Dorham. The slower-tempo performance on Let Freedom Ring is notable as being the first time that McLean used "provocative upper-register screams".[3] "Rene" and "Omega" are both blues-related pieces, the former with a standard twelve-bar structure and harmonies, the latter more abstract and modal. The one non-McLean track is Bud Powell's ballad, "I'll Keep Loving You".
Reception
The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 5 stars and stated: "The success of Let Freedom Ring paved the way for a bumper crop of other modernist innovators to join the Blue Note roster and, artistically, it still stands with One Step Beyond as McLean's greatest work."[4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz gives Let Freedom Ring four out of four stars, and includes the album in a selected "Core Collection".[5]
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| Allmusic |  [4] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz | [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [6] |
Track listing
- "Melody for Melonae" (McLean) - 13:24
- "I'll Keep Loving You" (Powell) - 6:18
- "Rene" (McLean) - 10:03
- "Omega" (McLean) - 8:31
Personnel
- Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
- Walter Davis, Jr. — piano
- Herbie Lewis — bass
- Billy Higgins — drums
References
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- ↑ Jackie McLean discography, accessed January 13, 2013.
- ↑ Bob Blumenthal's liner notes to the 2003 RVG edition.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Huey, S. Allmusic review, accessed January 13, 2013.
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