Jackie Dallas Lorraine

Dal motociclista del corteo che viaggiava dietro la Lincoln scoperta del Presidente e che venne investito della sua materia cerebrale, al commerciante di abbigliamento Abe Zapruder che scese in strada con la cinepresa proprio nell'istante in cui vennero esplosi i colpi. I ricordi e le emozioni di quanti furono effettivamente testimoni di uno dei giorni più tragici della storia americana si giustappongono come in un puzzle che mai potrà essere completamente ricomposto. Impietrita nel dolore, emerge fra tutte la figura di Jackie: Jackie riluttante a concedersi uscite pubbliche e che tuttavia accetta di accompagnare Jack nella visita a Dallas. Jackie che quel mattino decide di indossare il tailleur rosa di Chanel che poi, inzuppato di sangue, diventerà una delle icone tragiche di quel giorno..

Altoist Jackie McLean's second session as a leader is reissued on this SACD. The music that he makes with trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianist Elmo Hope, bassist Doug Watkins and drummer Art Taylor is essentially hard bop with fairly simple (or in some cases nonexistent) melody statements preceding two romps through the "I Got Rhythm" chord changes, a pair of blues, a thinly disguised "Embraceable You" and a straightforward version of "A Foggy Day". Enjoyable if not really essential music from the up-and-coming altoist.

A perpetual favorite among Jackie McLean’s earlier recordings, Lights Out finds the hard-swinging young alto saxophonist in 1956 still very much under the wing of Charlie Parker, who had died less than a year earlier. Yet McLean was beginning to find ways out of the seductive artistic security of Bird imitations. For one thing, he was experimenting with tonal variations. For another, he was working with Charles Mingus, and Mingus’s genius as a leader included forcing musicians to look deeply into their most cherished stylistic practices. The McLean of Lights Out is the hot young bebopper with a slightly acid edge to his sound and a solid blues foundation under everything he played. McLean and trumpeter Donald Byrd occasionally engage in the "pecking" technique of mutual improvisation they developed as members of the George Wallington Quintet. Hybrid Mono SACD for sale individually and as part of Analogue Productions’ Prestige Mono Series. Mini "old style" gatefold jacket packaging.

Deux soeurs. Un destin.
Américaines. Chic. Glamour. Deux soeurs intelligentes et belles. La première aura tout, la seconde en rêvera. La première épouse un président et s'érige en symbole. La seconde s'unit à un prince sans fortune et sans gloire…