Jackie McLean- Bluesnik (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)Label: Blue Note Reissued 2 17 2023, Originally released 1961 Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean had the blues on his mind when he went into the Van Gelder Studio in 1961 to record his hard bop masterpiece Bluesnik with a blazing quintet featuring Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Kenny Drew (piano), Doug Watkins (bass), and Pete La Roca (drums). The 6 song set of bluesy originals brims with immediacy and vibrancy. Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series is all analog,

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with crunching guitar riffs and primal vocals conveying the horror of it all

Dossier (Of Fallibility)

comparatively the sound focused more on folk harmonies and major-key melodies

Baton Rouge sludge band Thou have released over a dozen LPs worth of music

The Trapeze Swinger

Statman vaguely remembers recording it

& raw funk obliterates sequencers pouring acid rain from the pixelated sky

Furiously recorded in the early days of the covid-19 pandemic and surprise-released in July 2020

morphing into a multi-layered post-metal symphony that absolutely SOARS off the canyon’s edge

CD is packaged in a deluxe Digipak with 14"x20" double sided color folder with never before seen photos and extensive liner notes by the band and journalists who were there

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