Tippin' the Scales

Tippin' the Scales
Studio album by Jackie McLean
Released 1984
Recorded September 28, 1962
Genre Jazz
Label Blue Note
Jackie McLean chronology
Let Freedom Ring
(1962)		 Tippin' the Scales
(1962)		 Vertigo
(1962-63)

Tippin' the Scales is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1962 but first released on the Japanese Blue Note label in 1979 and finally released in the U.S. in 1984.[1] The CD reissue added three alternate takes as bonus tracks.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Though it's one of the more conventional items in McLean's discography, Tippin' the Scales offers an opportunity to hear the altoist in an uncommonly relaxed quartet setting, playing at a typically high level of musicianship".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jackie McLean except as indicated
  1. "Tippin' the Scales"
  2. "Rainy Blues"
  3. "Nursery Blues" (Sonny Clark) -
  4. "Nicely" (Clark) -
  5. "Two for One" (Clark) -
  6. "Cabin in the Sky" (Vernon Duke) -

Bonus tracks

  1. "Tippin' the Scales" [alternate take] -
  2. "Two For One" (Clark) [alternate take 1] -
  3. "Two For One" (Clark) [alternate take 2] -
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 28, 1962.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Jackie McLean discography accessed October 19, 2010
  2. ^ a b Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 18, 2010