Jackie McLean -Tippin The Scales 1962 扭转形势 [FLAC]

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资源信息： 专辑英文名: Tippin' The Scales (1962) 专辑中文名: 扭转形势 歌手: Jackie McLean 音乐风格: 爵士 资源格式: FLAC 发行时间: 1990年10月25日 地区: 美国 语言: 英语 概述:

专辑简介： 以一个爵士乐手来说，萨克斯风手Jackie McLean是个幸运儿。他的父亲John Lenwood McLean Sr.是个吉他手，因此McLean从小就在良好的音乐环境里成长。后来父亲在他七岁时过世了，不过这并未停下他的音乐之路，一路上有许多贵人，包括他的祖父、送他第一把萨克斯风的母亲，以及开唱片行的继父等人都不断帮助他。同时，在哈林区成长的McLean有许多好邻居，这些邻居们也成为他的老师，当中包括了钢琴手Bud Powell、Thelonious Monk与Charlie Parker。上高中后开始在社区乐团演奏，乐团里还有萨克斯风手Sonny Rollins与钢琴手Kenny Drew等伙伴。这样的音乐养成环境，叫人不羡慕也难。 Jackie McLean十九岁时在小号手Miles Davis的专辑《Dig》参与了生平第一次爵士唱片录音〈真正的首次录音，据McLean表示，是和蓝调萨克斯风手Charlie Singleton合作的一张节奏蓝调专辑，叫做《Camel Walking》。McLean当时吹的是Baritone Sax，并没有即兴独奏的机会〉，随后他带有些许尖锐特质的萨克斯风声音便受到大家的欢迎。五零年代间McLean曾与Gene Ammons、Charles Mingus等高手合作，也曾加入鼓手Art Blakey的Jazz Messengers乐团，是个受到瞩目的年轻新秀。不过或许是因为过去邻居的影响，McLean也是「海洛英同好会」的一员。他曾经因吸毒而被警方吊销在纽约的演出工作证，让他无法在夜店接场子赚钱，於是只好进录音室大量录音维持固定收入，而这也是他几乎「著作等身」的原因。 西元1959年Jackie McLean与Blue Note Records签约，较好的待遇以及老闆Alfred Lion对音乐的尊重让他能够专心且快乐的演奏。McLean在BN发行了许多专辑，刚开始几年的风格比较类似五零年代的硬式咆勃〈Hard Bop〉，较为传统与保守。不过当西元1962年发表了《Let Freedom Ring》专辑之后，McLean的音乐出现了极大的突破，他在音乐里大量採用调式爵士〈Modal〉概念，与自由爵士乐手如伸缩号手Granchan Moncur III等合作，这都是其过去作品里所未见的。西元1964年McLean曾因吸毒被捕服了一阵子刑，出来后明显可感受到他的萨克斯风声音更加尖锐，之后发表的作品也更具穿透力。不过他的合约到了西元1967年被中止了，大环境的变迁让爵士乐手无法畅所欲言。有鑑於此，Mclean遂把音乐重心从演奏移到教育之上，开始进入大学校园教书，随后更在Hartford大学成立「非裔美人音乐学系」〈African American Music Department，今日已扩大为Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz〉，致力於爵士乐的传承，迄今亦然。 按：文章写完后没多久，惊闻Jackie McLean於2006年3月30日辞世的不幸消息。遂将拙文小幅修改后置顶一週以玆追思，祝福McLean在天堂大乐队里也能玩的愉快。 Recorded in between his modernist masterpieces Let Freedom Ring and One Step Beyond, Tippin' the Scales finds Jackie McLean returning to a safer, more straightforward hard bop scenario for a short spell. Since the album wasn't really in keeping with the direction McLean was heading (and since that direction proved to be successful), it stayed in the vaults for 22 years before finally seeing the light of day in 1984. As one might expect, given the nearly universal quality of McLean's Blue Note output, Tippin' the Scales is solid from top to bottom, even if it's not nearly as forward-looking as its predecessor. There's a lot of bluesy hard bop with a few unpredictable twists and turns, and the presence of pianist Sonny Clark lends a cool tone to the session overall, making for a nice contrast with McLean's frequently surging passion. Clark contributes three of the six pieces, which are in keeping with his laid-back, swinging style, highlighted by the amiable, appropriately titled "Nicely." There are also two McLean originals -- the fairly challenging title track and the more basic "Rainy Blues" -- and a rendition of the standard "Cabin in the Sky," where McLean's on-the-edge timbre and intonation are put to surprisingly warm use. Though it's one of the more conventional items in McLean's discography, Tippin' the Scales offers an opportunity to hear the altoist in an uncommonly relaxed quartet setting, playing (along with anchor Clark, bassist Butch Warren, and drummer Art Taylor) at a typically high level of musicianship.

John Lenwood McLean Jr.〈May. 17, 1932 –Mar. 30, 2006 〉 专辑曲目: 01. Tippin' The Scales 02. Tippin' The Scales (alternate take) 03. Rainy Blues 04. Nursery Blues 05. Nicely 06. Two For One 07. Two For One (alternate take #1) 08. Two For One (alternate take #2) 09. Cabin In The Sky