Jackie McLean ✓

(1931–2006) saxophonist United States

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Jackie McLean (1931–2006) was a United States saxophonist.

About Jackie McLean

John Lenwood McLean was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator. He is one of the few musicians to be elected to the DownBeat Hall of Fame in the year of their death.

Notable works:

The Jackie McLean Collection

Awards:

NEA Jazz Masters

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I tell my students, 'It's an important tradition and you have to go back and hear this music and learn its language all the way… All
I never really sounded like Bird, but that was my mission. I didn't care if people said that I copied him; I loved Bird's playing… Bird

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