Jackie Mc Lean Where Is Love (1973)

A Ghetto Lullaby is a live album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in 1973 and released on the SteepleChase label. Within a five day period in 1973, altoist Jackie McLean, who had only made one album (a live set) between 196872, cut enough material for five records. This worthy set features his intense style in a quartet with pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Niels Pedersen and drummer Alex Riel, recorded live at Montmartre in Copenhagen. Although the material Drew s Callin, athe ballad Where Is Love, a pair of William Gault songs and McLean s Jack s Tune is not all that memorable, the altoist s passionate solos and very distinctive sound uplift the music and make this an advanced hard bop set worth by Scott Yanow) Jackie McLean has long had his own sound, played slightly sharp an