Jackie McLean

American jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator (1931–2006)

Born: 17 May 1932
New York City
Died: 31 March 2006
Hartford
Country: United States
Active: 1951–2004
Record labels: Blue Note
Discography: 52 albums

Biography

Jackie McLean was a jazz musician who played saxophone. Jackie McLean was born on 17 May 1932 in New York City and died on 31 March 2006 in Hartford. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Blue Note. The discography here lists 52 albums, from “4, 5 and 6” (1956) to “Jacknife” (2025). Honours include NEA Jazz Masters.

John Lenwood McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator. He is one of the few musicians to be elected to the DownBeat Hall of Fame in the year of their death.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

4, 5 and 6 1956 · Prestige Alto Madness 1957 · Prestige Jackie McLean & Co. 1957 · Prestige McLean’s Scene 1959 · New Jazz New Soil 1959 · Blue Note Swing, Swang, Swingin’ 1959 · Blue Note Capuchin Swing 1960 · Blue Note Jackie's Bag 1960 · Blue Note Makin' the Changes 1960 · New Jazz A Fickle Sonance 1961 · Blue Note A Long Drink of the Blues 1961 · Prestige Bluesnik 1961 · Blue Note Let Freedom Ring 1963 · Blue Note One Step Beyond 1963 · Blue Note Destination… Out! 1964 · Blue Note It’s Time! 1965 · Blue Note Right Now! 1966 · Blue Note Action 1967 · Blue Note New and Old Gospel 1967 · Columbia House ’Bout Soul 1968 · Blue Note Demon’s Dance 1970 · Blue Note Ode to Super 1973 · SteepleChase The Meeting 1974 · Live · SteepleChase The Source 1974 · Live · SteepleChase Antiquity 1975 · SteepleChase Jacknife 1975 · Blue Note A Ghetto Lullaby 1976 · Inner City Records The Jackie McLean Quintet 1977 · Blue Note Hipnosis 1978 · Blue Note Consequence 1979 · Blue Note Tippin’ the Scales 1979 · Blue Note Street Singer 1980 · Blue Note Vertigo 1980 · Blue Note Classic New Wine in Old Bottles 1986 · EAST WIND New York Calling 1987 · SteepleChase

One Step Beyond 1987

Fat Jazz 1989 · Fresh Sound Records

Live at Montmartre 1989 · Live

Strange Blues 1989 · Original Jazz Classics Rites of Passage 1991 · Triloka Records Rhythm of the Earth 1992 · Antilles The Jackie Mac Attack Live 1993 Montmartre Summit 1973 1995 · Live · SteepleChase Hat Trick 1996 Fire & Love 1997 · Blue Note Fire and Love 1997 Nature Boy 2000 · Blue Note Jackie McLean 2005 · Prestige

Monuments 2016

Jacknife 2025 · Blue Note The Blue Note Years

The Meeting

Also plays on

Albums where Jackie McLean is credited as a sideman

1951	The New Sounds — Miles Davis	alto saxophone
1952	Young Man With a Horn — Miles Davis	alto saxophone
1953	Blue Period — Miles Davis	alto saxophone
1955	Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet / Sextet — Miles Davis and Milt Jackson	alto saxophone
1956	Dig — Miles Davis featuring Sonny Rollins	alto saxophone
1956	Pithecanthropus Erectus — Charles Mingus	alto saxophone
1956	2 Trumpets — Art Farmer & Donald Byrd	alto saxophone
1956	Mobley's Message — Hank Mobley	alto saxophone
1956	Jammin' With Gene — Gene Ammons	alto saxophone
1956	Hi Fidelity Jam Session — Gene Ammons	alto saxophone
1957	Mal/2 — Mal Waldron with Jackie McLean, John Coltrane, Idrees Sulieman, Sahib Shihab, and Bill Hardman	alto saxophone
1957	2 Guitars — Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney	alto saxophone
1957	Funky — Gene Ammons	alto saxophone
1957	Jammin' in Hi Fi With Gene Ammons — Gene Ammons	alto saxophone
1957	Taylor's Wailers — Art Taylor	alto saxophone
1958	Bird Feathers — Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Jackie McLean, John Jenkins, Hal McKusick	alto saxophone
1958	Cool Struttin’ — Sonny Clark	alto saxophone
1959	Off to the Races — Donald Byrd	alto saxophone
1959	Davis Cup — Walter Davis Jr.	alto saxophone
1960	Blues & Roots — Charles Mingus	alto saxophone
1960	Byrd in Flight — Donald Byrd	alto saxophone
1960	Fuego — Donald Byrd	alto saxophone
1960	Leeway — Lee Morgan	alto saxophone
1960	Left Alone — Mal Waldron	alto saxophone
1962	Inta Somethin' — Kenny Dorham & Jackie McLean	alto saxophone
1963	Matador — Kenny Dorham	alto saxophone
1963	Evolution — Grachan Moncur III	alto saxophone
1965	The Dealers — Mal Waldron with John Coltrane / Jackie McLean / Paul Quinichette / Frank Wess	alto saxophone
1965	Cornbread — Lee Morgan	alto saxophone
1967	Hi Voltage — Hank Mobley	alto saxophone