Released February 1962 Artist Jackie McLean Producer Alfred Lion Genre Jazz | Length 40:52 Release date 1961 Label Blue Note Records | |
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Recorded January 8, 1961
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs Bluesnik
(1961) A Fickle Sonance
(1961) Similar Jackie McLean albums, Jazz albums | ||
Bluesnik is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "Many critics-as well as jazz fans hold to the opinion that Bluesnik may be McLean's most accessible session for the label... this is a monster session effortlessly performed by a soloist at an early peak and a supporting cast of blazing sidemen." The Penguin Guide to Jazz rates the album three and a half out of four stars and describes it as "Tough, unreconstructed modern blues that reveal considerable depths on subsequent hearings" and further states that the album is "An excellent record, that should be a high priority for anyone interested in McLean's music."
Track listing
All compositions by Jackie McLean except as indicated- "Bluesnik" - 9:36
- "Goin' 'Way Blues" - 6:34
- "Drew's Blues" (Kenny Drew) - 5:52
- "Cool Green" (Drew) - 5:20
- "Blues Function" (Freddie Hubbard) - 7:19
- "Torchin'" (Drew) - 6:11
- "Goin' 'Way Blues" [alternate take] - 6:42 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Torchin'" (Drew) [alternate take] - 6:16 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
Songs
1Bluesnik9:27
2Goin' Way Blues6:30
3Drew's Blues5:49