Jackie McLean - Bluesnik LP Jazz The Mob Rules (2021 Remaster)

The Mob Rules (2021 Remaster)

critics praised its Jazz-Rock aesthetic and the group members' performances

and even Classical influences

Blending pop

the album became a defining statement of the 90s funk-fusion scene

Jackie McLean - Bluesnik LP Jazz The Mob Rules (2021 Remaster)Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean had the blues on his mind when he went into Van Gelder Studio in 1961 to record his hard bop masterpiece Bluesnik with a blazing quintet featuring Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Kenny Drew on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and Pete La Roca on drums. The six song set of bluesy originals brims with immediacy and vibrancy. This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master