NEW SOIL

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. It was Charles Mingus who, in the mid-1950s, first tried to alter Jackie McLeanAEs playing style, which was fully entrenched in Charlie ParkerAEs sound at the time. oI never really sounded like Bird, but that was my missiono, said McLean during a WBGO radio interview. oI didnAEt care if people said that I copied him; I loved BirdAEs playing so much. But Mingus was the one that really pushed me away from the idea and forced me into thinking about having an individual sound and concept.o McLean is featured here on his LP New Soil. Although it wasnAEt the first session he recorded for Blue Note, it was the first one released. As the title suggests, McLeanAEs main goal on this album was to go beyond the limits of bop.'