Jackie McLean - "Let Freedom Ring" Tone Poet label_Unique Leader Records Burt Bacharach and Hal David

Burt Bacharach and Hal David

a surreal yet regal journey

the band released their self-titled fourth album in 2013

hammer-on's

Jackie McLean - "Let Freedom Ring" Tone Poet label_Unique Leader Records Burt Bacharach and Hal DavidJackie McLean's 1962 album Let Freedom Ring reflected the change in the air of the early '60s: both the musical freedoms being explored by the emergent avant garde movement and the social freedoms sought by the ascendent civil rights movement. This four song set featuring the alto saxophonist with Walter Davis Jr. On piano, Herbie Lewis on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums melds the bluesy language of hard bop with the bristling energy of The New