'Bout Soul
1969 studio album by Jackie McLean
' Bout SoulJackie McLean recorded in 1967 and released on the Blue Note label.[ 2] Woody Shaw , pianist LaMont Johnson , bassist Scotty Holt and drummer Rashied Ali . Trombonist Grachan Moncur III guests on three tracks, and Barbara Simmons recites the words on “Soul”.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated:
This is intensely cerebral music that is nevertheless played with a fiery passion. Although the music was all composed, it is played as if it was invented on the spot. Fans of McLean's straight-ahead hard bop, or even of his adventurous mid-'60s sessions, might find this a little off-putting at first, but ' Bout Soul
Track listing
"Soul" (Grachan Moncur III , Barbara Simmons) - 10:17
"Conversion Point" (Jackie McLean) - 9:47
"Big Ben's Voice" (LaMont Johnson ) - 10:08
"Dear Nick, Dear John" (Scotty Holt ) - 4:56
"Erdu" (Johnson) - 5:57
"Big Ben's Voice" [Alternate take] - 9:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
References
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section.
As leader With
The Happy Blues Gene Ammons , 1956)Jammin' with Gene Funky Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons Hard Bop Art Blakey /The Jazz Messengers , 1956)Originally Drum Suite A Night in Tunisia Ritual: The Modern Jazz Messengers Tough! Back to the Tracks Tina Brooks , 1960)2 Guitars Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney , 1957)Off to the Races Donald Byrd , 1958)Fuego Byrd in Flight Cool Struttin' Sonny Clark , 1958)Dig Miles Davis , 1951)Quintet/Sextet Davis Cup Walter Davis Jr. , 1959)Inta Somethin' Kenny Dorham , 1961)Matador Tuba Sounds Ray Draper , 1957)2 Trumpets Art Farmer , 1957)Bird Songs: The Final Recordings Dizzy Gillespie , 1992)To Bird with Love Pithecanthropus Erectus Charles Mingus , 1956)Blues & Roots Mobley's Message Hank Mobley , Prestige, 1956)Hi Voltage Evolution Grachan Moncur III , 1963)Lee-Way Tom Cat Cornbread Infinity Charisma The Sixth Sense The Music From "The Connection" Freddie Redd , 1960)Shades of Redd Redd's Blues Open House Jimmy Smith , 1960)Plain Talk Taylor's Wailers Mal/2 Mal Waldron , 1957)Left Alone Left Alone '86 Easterly Winds Jack Wilson , 1967) Film and TV
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader With others
Home! Gary Bartz , 1969)Coral Keys Walter Bishop Jr. , 1971)Child's Dance Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers , 1972)Buhaina Anthenagin The Free Slave Roy Brooks , 1970)Duet in Detroit The Almoravid Joe Chambers , 1971)Tones for Joan's Bones Chick Corea , 1966)The Complete "Is" Sessions Brilliant Circles Stanley Cowell , 1969)Conversations Eric Dolphy , 1963)Iron Man Tex Book Tenor Back from the Gig Booker Ervin , 1968)Ichi-Ban Louis Hayes and Junior Cook , 1976)The Real Thing If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem Joe Henderson , 1970)Joe Henderson Quintet at the Lighthouse Grass Roots Andrew Hill , 1968)Lift Every Voice Passing Ships Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux Cirrus Bobby Hutcherson , 1974)Bridge into the New Age Azar Lawrence , 1974)'Bout Soul Jackie McLean , 1967)Demon's Dance Reach Out! Hank Mobley , 1968)Thinking of Home Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) Pharoah Sanders , 1970)The Cape Verdean Blues Horace Silver , 1965)The Jody Grind Natural Soul Buddy Terry , 1967)Pure Dynamite Expansions McCoy Tyner , 1968)The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard Mal Waldron , 1986)The Seagulls of Kristiansund Natural Essence Tyrone Washington , 1967)Unity Larry Young , 1965)Zawinul Joe Zawinul , 1970) Box sets
