Makin' the Changes

Makin' the Changes
Studio album by Jackie McLean
Released	August 1960[1]
Recorded	February 15 & August 30, 1957 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:53
Label	New Jazz NJ 8231
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Jackie McLean chronology
Jackie McLean & Co. (1957) Makin' the Changes (1957) A Long Drink of the Blues (1957)

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Makin' the Changes is a studio album by saxophonist Jackie McLean. It was recorded in 1957 for Prestige sub-label New Jazz, but not released until 1960 as NJ 8231. The album was reissued on CD once in 1992, and it is currently out of print.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Bean and the Boys" (Hawkins a contrafact of Lover Come Back To Me) - 8:33
2. "What's New" (Haggart, Burke) - 7:09
3. "I Never Knew" (Kahn, Fiorito) - 3:00
4. "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Gasparre, Fragos, Baker, Bard) - 5:08
5. "Jackie's Ghost" (Draper) - 5:28
6. "Chasin' the Bird" (Parker) - 6:35

Recorded on February 15 (#1, 3-4) & August 30 (#2, 5-6), 1957.

Personnel

Tracks 1, 3-4

• Jackie McLean - alto sax
• Mal Waldron - piano
• Arthur Phipps - bass
• Art Taylor - drums

Tracks 2, 5-6

• Jackie McLean - alto sax
• Curtis Fuller - trombone
• Webster Young - trumpet
• Gil Coggins - piano
• Paul Chambers - bass
• Louis Hayes - drums

References

1. Schwann Monthly Guide to Stereo Records, 1965
2. Allmusic Review
3. At Discogs