Ode to Super

Ode to Super
Studio album by Jackie McLean featuring Gary Bartz
Released 1973
Recorded July 17, 1973
Soundtrack Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Jazz
Length 61:15
Label SteepleChase
SCS-1009
Producer Nils Winther
Jackie McLean chronology

Live at Montmartre
(1972)
Ode to Super
(1973)
A Ghetto Lullaby
(1973)

Ode to Super is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean featuring Gary Bartz recorded in 1973 and released on the SteepleChase label.[1][2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2½ stars and stated "This matchup between altoists Jackie McLean and Gary Bartz has always been a bit of a disappointment with the solos much stronger than the material ...A more suitable encore by the two greats is long overdue".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]

Track listing

  1. "Monks Dance" (Gary Bartz) - 6:32
  2. "Ode to Super" (Billy Gault) - 8:20
  3. "Great Rainstreet Blues" (Jackie McLean) - 10:10
  4. "Watercircle" (Thomas Clausen) - 10:50
  5. "Watercircle" [Take 6] (Clausen) - 5:37 Bonus track on CD reissue
  6. "Red Cross" (Charlie Parker) - 7:45
  7. "Red Cross" [Take 1] (Parker) - 12:01 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. Jackie McLean discography accessed March 13, 2015
  2. SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 17, 2015
  3. 3.0 3.1 Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed March 13, 2015