Jazz alto-saxophonist Jackie McLean’s seven-year old daughter, Melanie, blushed and giggled when her father announced his newest composition Melanie at the successful Judson Hall concert he played which was sponsored by the Jackie McLean Fan Club
Jackie McLean is back in the off-Broadway long-termer, „The Connection,“ in New York City
Jim Harrison, who organzied the Jackie McLean Fan Club here, moved up as the alto saxist’s personal manager
When saxist Jackie McLean recently gave the sixth in a series of concerts, sitting front and center was Miles Davis, who 12 years ago gave McLean his first professional break
The local Angola Refugee Committee starring a benefit September 7, at Town Hall, featuring Abbey Lincoln, Jackie McLean, Godfrey Cambridge and others
Another „Evening With Jackie McLean“ comes up September 28th, at Town Hall, with McLean also receiving his plaque as Downbeat Critic award winner on sax for 1963
Jack Wilson, pianist-organist who completes three years with Atlantic Records this fall honors Henry Mancini in his next LP. Repertoire is from his film success plus some. Pianist has been accompanying Lorez Alexandria and Sam Fletcher in Reno, and working with Jackie McLean in San Francisco. His piano is featured on the soundtrack of „Bus Riley’s Back in Town.“
Music For A Full Moon is the title of Gotham Jazz Society’s July 22 Town Hall set featuring Jackie McLean, Betty Carter and Freddie Hubbard
Slug’s – 242 E 3rd. Jazz cabaret. 5/3-5 Jackie McLean Quintet. 5/7-12 Yusef Lateef Quintet (677-9727)
Slug’s – 242 E 3rd. Jazz cabaret (677-9727). Sat. 5-9 p.m. Jazz on a Saturday Afternoon, Sun. 5-9 Big Band Jazz. Mon. 9-3 a.m. Focus on the Jazz Vocalist. To 7/14, Roland Kirk Quartet. 7/16-21, Jackie McLean Quintet.
Slug’s – 242 E 3rd. Jazz cabaret (677-9727). To 7/21, Jackie McLean Quintet.
New York Magazine, 22 Jul 1968
Slug’s – 242 E 3rd. Thru 12/15, Harold Vick Quintet. 12/17-22, Jackie McLean Quintet (677-9727).
New York Magazine, 16 Dec 1968
Slug’s – 242 E 3rd. Thru 12/22, Jackie McLean Quintet. 12/24-12/31, Pharoah Sanders Quintet with Leon Thomas (677-9727).
New York Magazine, 23 Dec 1968
Jazz musician Jackie McLean will serve as a special consultant on jazz programming for WABC-TV’s „Like It Is“ series
Slugs‘ – 242 E 3. Jazz and rock come closer together each night. Thru 9/28, Jackie McLean Quintet; 9/30-10/5, Yusef Lateef Quartet (677-9727).
New York Magazine, 29 Sep 1969
(In der Annonce unmittelbar drüber ist Scotty Holt erwähnt!)
Im Artikel über „Harlem’s Black Theater Workshop“ in Black World/Negro Digest, Apr 1972, wird McLean in einem Atemzug mit James Brown, den Jackson Five, oder den Friends of Distinction erwähnt (als Musiker, zu deren Klängen die Theaterautoren ihre Werke geschrieben hätten).
In Billboard, 23 Jun 1973, heisst es, McLean werde im Herbst für Gérard Terrones neues Futura-Label aufnehehmen.
Five Spot-2 St Marks Pl. Mondays, The Dave Mathews band, 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. 7/15-27, Jackie McLean’s Sextet (730-9270)
New York Magazine, 21 Jul 1975
Avery Fisher Hall will become another sort of Birdland on Sunday night, when Jackie McLean (below right), Hank Jones, Chris Connor, Tony Middleton, and Al Haig play a birthday tribute to the late Charlie Parker. The Bird would have been 55 this month.
CHARLIE PARKER MEMORIAL TRIBUTE / August 24 at 8 p.m. / Avery Fisher Hall
New York Magazine, 25 Aug 1975
Five Spot-2 St Marks Pl, corner of 3rd Ave. On 12/23, Jackie McLean, one of the great alto saxophonists, returns for two weeks, leading a powerhouse of a band including his son, Rene, on Reeds, and the stimulating guitarist Nathan Page. The Dave Matthews 12-piece band, installed on Monday nights, is a thumping, rocking machine, ranging in style from Claude Thornhill mist to the latest electric hurricanes (730-9270)
New York Magazine, 29 Dec 1975
Jazz Alive – Sun Dec 31 from 9:30 pm to 5:30 am Mon, drummer Jo Jones and singer Carrie Smith from Sandy’s Jazz Revival in Boston till 12:30 am, and then Freddie Hubbard and Hubert Laws, Don Cherry and Jackie McLean, and other major jazz artists from Keystone Korner in San Francisco till around 5:30. WGUC–90.9 FM
In Jet, 18 Jan 1979, schrieb McLean (Director of Afro-American Music, Hartt College of Music, Hartford, Conn.) einen kurzen Leserbrief, weil Jet in der Nummer vom 23 Nov 1978 ein falsches Bild vewendet hatten (? statt Coleman Hawkins).
In Billboard, 20 Jan 1979 wird vermerkt, dass Melonae, Jackie und Dollies Tochter, als erste schwarze Moderatorin von WKND-FM in Hartford, Conn, angestellt worden ist.
Unter Saturday, June 30 im New York Magazine, 2 Jul 1979, sowie nochmal unter Sunday, July 1 werden McLeans Quartett sowie „Jaki Byard, pianist“ als „New Jazz at the Public Theater, at 8:30 and 11:30“ angekündigt. Die Nummer erschien wohl vor ihrem Erscheinungsdatum? Sonst würde der ganze Veranstaltungskalender dort wenig Sinn machen…
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