Jackie McLean – Destination Out

Jackie McLean – Destination Out
It was 1963 and 31-year old altoist Jackie McLean was recording an album for the ages. McLean had been a major player for a dozen years by then and was a hard bop master but he wanted more in his music. Th time was right for one of the very few musicians of his generation to embrace free jazz, McLean was impressed by John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman but his aim was to re invent and create his own brand of free form music, one filled with soul and grooves yet exploring sounds never heard before. This was his first of many……