JACKIE MCLEAN - Four Classic Albums (Fat Jazz / Jackie's Bag / New Soil / Swing. Swang. Swingin)

AVID Jazz here presents four classic Jackie McLean albums including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD.“Fat Jazz”….from 1957, a moment in time…….Jackie had recently left Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers to form his own band…..”six outstanding young musicians” including, unusually a tuba player, Ray Draper. So here are the results…five diverse tracks including two by the young Draper. However due to lack of engagements for such a large and relatively unknown band the group disbanded and Jackie retuned to the Blakey fold to plan his next move. “Jackie’s Bag”…….It’s 1959 and what a line up!!........Donald Byrd- trumpet, Sonny Clark- piano, Paul Chambers- bass, Philly Joe Jones-drums, Blue Mitchell-trumpet, the mysterious and under recorded Tina Brooks-tenor, Kenny Drew-piano, Art Taylor-drums, Phew! Five McLean originals and one from Tina Brooks and an album of two halves! Two rhythm sections, side two recorded in 1960 featuring a three horn attack presen