The Source (Jackie McLean album)

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Released 1974 Producer Nils Winther The Source(1973) The Apartment(1974) Release date 1974 Genre Straight-ahead jazz		Length 70:25 The Source(1973) Antiquity(1974) Artist Jackie McLean Label SteepleChase Records
Recorded July 20 & 21, 1973Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark Similar The Meeting, A Ghetto Lullaby, Let Freedom Ring, Swing - Swang - Swingin', Bluesnik

The Source is a live album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean featuring Dexter Gordon recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in 1973 and released on the SteepleChase label.

Critical reception

Robert Christgau wrote in his 1977 column in The Village Voice that he preferred The Source to both McLean's The Meeting and Gordon's 1976 Homecoming if he wanted to "hear recent live Dexter". AllMusic critic Scott Yanow was less enthusiastic, writing that "the music is a bit loose and long-winded ('Half Nelson' is over 18 minutes long) but recommended to straightahead jazz fans".

Track listing

" Half Nelson" (Miles Davis) - 18:36
"I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 7:18
"Another Hair-Do" (Charlie Parker) - 13:31
"Dexter Digs In" (Dexter Gordon) - 11:04

Personnel

Jackie McLean – alto saxophone

Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone

Kenny Drew – piano

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – bass

Alex Riel – drums

Songs

1Half-NelsonDexter Gordon18:16
2I Can't Get StartedDexter Gordon7:07
3Another Hair-DoDexter Gordon13:18

References

The Source (Jackie McLean album) Wikipedia

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Critical reception

Track listing

Personnel

Songs

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