OT: Jackie McLean RIP

[Pat Smith]

Another amazing player gone, very sad. But what a legacy of music!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060401/ap_en_mu/obit_mclean_3

[charles robinson]

This is one of the worst pieces of news that has ever been posted here.
Charlie

"Pat Smith" <pj...@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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[Max Leggett]

On Sat, 1 Apr 2006 12:18:12 -0500, "charles robinson"
<robins...@comcast.net> wrote:

>This is one of the worst pieces of news that has ever been posted here.
>Charlie

It's Maclean who comes in on the first solo after the head in Goodbye
Pork Pie Hat. A line so perfect it's become a cliche. One fine player.

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>"Pat Smith" <pj...@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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>> Another amazing player gone, very sad. But what a legacy of music!
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>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060401/ap_en_mu/obit_mclean_3
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"I woke up this morning an' I was fixin' to die."
Jailhouse Max Junior

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Through my work in the media I was lucky enough to spend a couple of
days working on a news documentary story about Jackie about 15 years
ago. I got to film him performing at the Blue Note as well as interview
him and watch him teaching young kids. He was a gentleman as well as a
great talent and he will be sorely missed. I feel lucky to have had the
chance to spend a little time with him. We should all be so lucky as to
make a contribution to our culture the way Jackie McLean did.
Ken Willinger
http://homepage.mac.com/getken/guitar/

[geekg...@aol.com]

Jackie and his wife have done a tremendous work in the Hartford area to
create opportunites for young (and often underprivledged) kids to learn
jazz. They have given to this community in a lot of wonderful ways,
but adding to the culture and education of our youth has been a
tremendous gift that they have poured themselves into. Jackie has
touched the lives of many of my friends as well (especially the horn
players that I work with) through his work at the University of
Hartford. He will be missed by many.

IAJE has a nice bio for Jackie:
http://www.iaje.org/bio.asp?ArtistID=2

--Eric Elias
www.ericelias.net

[Greger Hoel]

On Sat, 1 Apr 2006 12:18:12 -0500, "charles robinson"
<robins...@comcast.net> wrote:

>This is one of the worst pieces of news that has ever been posted here.

Yes, this is terrible. In the Ken Burns series, he looked like a fit
guy in his early sixties. I thought he'd be around for a long time
still.
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[Tom Walls]

In article <L5SdnWmHpo5...@comcast.com>,
robins...@comcast.net says...

I concur. One of my very favorite players.
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Tom Walls
the guy at the Temple of Zeus