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File under: Hard Bop

Japanese Blue Note Reissue

Japanese Blue Note Reissue

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Jackie McLean

Demon's Dance

Label: Blue Note

Format: CD

Genre: Jazz

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€13.50
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** Special Time-Limited Offer ** Demon’s Dance (often mis‑typed in catalogues) captures Jackie McLean with a younger, firebreathing band: Woody Shaw on trumpet, LaMont Johnson at the piano, Scott Holt on bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums. The tunes are packed with rhythmic snaps and melodic hooks, yet the improvisations regularly veer into more angular, exploratory territory. McLean’s alto tone is piercing and urgent, cutting through the ensemble with authority, while Shaw’s harmonically advanced trumpet lines push the music forward. DeJohnette’s drumming adds a loose, modern energy under the changes. It’s a high‑wire act between inside and outside, tradition and experimentation, and the tension is exactly what gives it its bite.

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File under: Hard Bop
Cat. number: UCCQ-9655
Year: 2024
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Recorded December 22, 1967. In jewel case with obi.