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A Long Drink of the Blues
Studio album by
Jackie McLean
ReleasedEarly June 1961
RecordedAugust 30, 1957 (#1-2)
February 15, 1957 (#3-5)
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length45:05
Label New Jazz
Producer Bob Weinstock
Jackie McLean chronology
Makin' the Changes
(1957) 		A Long Drink of the Blues
(1961) 		Strange Blues
(1957)

A Long Drink of the Blues is a studio album by saxophonist Jackie McLean. [1] It was recorded in 1957, and released in 1961 on New Jazz Records as NJ 8253. It features two tracks with McLean in a sextet featuring trumpeter Webster Young, trombonist Curtis Fuller, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Louis Hayes, and three with a quartet featuring pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Art Phipps and drummer Art Taylor.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]
DownBeat [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer picked "These Foolish Things" as the highlight, stating that McLean's playing of the bridge in his two solo choruses varied effectively, giving "a different emotional experience to the listener". [3]

Track listing

  1. "A Long Drink of the Blues" [Take 1] false start - 2:21
  2. "A Long Drink of the Blues" (McLean) [Take 2] - 20:49
  3. " Embraceable You" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 7:07
  4. " I Cover the Waterfront" (Heyman, Green) - 6:27
  5. " These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" (Link, Marvell, Strachey) - 8:21

Personnel

References

  1. ^ At Jazzdisco
  2. ^ AllMusic Review
  3. ^ a b DeMichael, Don (August 17, 1961). "Jackie McLean: A Long Drink of the Blues". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 17. pp. 32, 34.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 978. ISBN  978-0-141-03401-0.
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