''Street Singer'' is a hard bop album jointly led by tenor
Tina Brooks
Harold Floyd "Tina" Brooks (June 7, 1932 – August 13, 1974) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer best remembered for his work in the hard bop style.
Early years
Harold Floyd Brooks was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, an ...
and alto
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 ...
. The tracks "Appointment in Ghana", "A Ballad for Doll" and "Isle of Java" were originally released in 1960 on McLean's album ''
Jackie's Bag''. The full session, including three previously unreleased tracks, was first released on the Japanese
Blue Note
In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note that—for expressive purposes—is sung or played at a slightly different pitch from standard. Typically the alteration is between a quartertone and a semitone, but this varies depending on the musical co ...
label in 1980.
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Track listing
# "Melonae's Dance" (McLean) - 6:50
# "Appointment in Ghana" (McLean) - 6:59
# "Medina" (Brooks) - 6:48
# "Isle of Java" (Brooks) - 7:31
# "Street Singer" (Brooks) - 10:19
# "A Ballad for Doll" (McLean) - 3:19
Personnel
* Tina Brooks - tenor saxophone
* Jackie McLean - alto saxophone
* Blue Mitchell
Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell (March 13, 1930 – May 21, 1979) was an American trumpeter and composer who worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and funk. He recorded albums as leader and sideman for Riverside, Mainstream Records, and ...
- trumpet
* Kenny Drew
Kenneth Sidney "Kenny" Drew (August 28, 1928 – August 4, 1993) was an American-Danish jazz pianist.
Biography
Drew was born in New York City, United States, and received piano lessons from the age of five.Feather, Leonard, & Ira Gitler (2 ...
- piano
* Paul Chambers
Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop era. ...
- bass
* Art Taylor - drums
See also
* '' Jackie's Bag'' – the same recording date
References
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1980 albums
Tina Brooks albums
Blue Note Records albums
Albums produced by Alfred Lion
Jackie McLean albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio