Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Strange Blues

Jackie McLean

Recorded	Feb 15 & Jul 12, 1957
Label	Prestige
Catalog	PR 7500
Released	1957
Personnel	9 credited players
Discogs	master 369310

The record

Compiled from separate sessions, this Prestige set pairs Ray Draper's dark, unusual tuba tone with Mal Waldron's piano behind the young altoist's apprenticeship in hard bop. McLean's voice is already tart and urgent, pulling free of Bird's shadow.

Session personnel

Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
Art Phipps — bass
William Salter — bass
Art Taylor — drums
Larry Ritchie — drums
Jon Mayer — piano
Mal Waldron — piano
Webster Young — trumpet
Ray Draper — tuba

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 16 pressings on file.

1967	Prestige · PRLP 7500 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing, Mono earliest on file · RVG stamp
1989	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-354 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered OJC
1967	Prestige — STEREO
1972	Prestige · PRT 7500 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1972	Prestige · PR 7500 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
1981	Prestige · SMJ-6298 (PG-6298) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1985	Prestige · GSL 277 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1986	Prestige · 68433 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1989	Original Jazz Classics · 98 488 — CD, Album, Reissue
1989	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-354-2 — CD, Album, Reissue
1989	Original Jazz Classics · OJC 5354 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1996	Prestige · VICJ-2101 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
2008	Prestige · UCCO-9405 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2014	Prestige · UCCO-90269 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono