''Consequence'' is an album by American saxophonist

Jackie McLean John Lenwood "Jackie" McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator, and is one of the few musicians to be elected to the ''DownBeat'' Hall of Fame in the year of their deat ...

recorded in 1965, but not released on

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until 1979 as LT-994. In 1993, it was released as part of the four-disc Mosaic compilation ''The Complete Blue Note 1964-66 Jackie McLean Sessions'', which was limited to 5,000 copies. In 2005, it was finally released on a limited edition CD as Blue Note 11428.Jackie McLean discography
accessed October 18, 2010.

Reception

The

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review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3½ stars and stated: "The music here is much more straight-ahead than on other McLean dates from the 1960s.... This is a welcome addition to the McLean catalog on disc."Jurek, T.

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accessed October 18, 2010.

Track listing

All compositions by Jackie McLean except as noted # "Bluesanova" (

Lee Morgan Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording on John Coltrane's '' Blue Train'' (1 ...

) - 7:30 # "Consequence" - 5:32 # "My Old Flame" (

Sam Coslow Sam Coslow (December 27, 1902 – April 2, 1982) was an American songwriter, singer, film producer, publisher and market analyst. Coslow was born in New York City. He began writing songs as a teenager. He contributed songs to Broadway revues, ...

, Arthur Johnston) - 5:16 # "Tolypso" - 6:02 # "Slumber" (Morgan) - 6:05 # "Vernestune" - 5:53

Personnel

- alto saxophone *

- trumpet *

Harold Mabern Harold Mabern Jr. (March 20, 1936 – September 17, 2019) was an American jazz pianist and composer, principally in the hard bop, post-bop, and soul jazz fields.Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (2007) ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz''. p. 4 ...

- piano *

Herbie Lewis Herbie Lewis (February 17, 1941 – May 18, 2007) was an American jazz double bassist. He played or recorded with Cannonball Adderley, Stanley Turrentine, Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard, Harold Land, Jackie McLean, Archie Shepp, Tete Mont ...

- bass *

Billy Higgins Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop. Biography Higgins was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. Higgins played on Ornette Coleman's first records, ...

- drums

References

{{Authority control Blue Note Records albums Jackie McLean albums 1979 albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Albums produced by Alfred Lion