Let Freedom Ring

Jackie Mclean was one of the most creative voices of jazz in the sixties. Years before, Mingus had encouraged him to explore areas beyond the conventional 32-bar song structures and indeed this remarkable musician was responsible for such changes of style, maybe in a more controlled manner than Ornette Coleman, but nevertheless in a most effective way through his unique, "sharp" sound, his open mindedness and his awareness of tensions of everyday's life. This album is somehow the missing link between the more traditional "Bluesnik" from 1961 and the exceptional "One Step Beyond" from 1963.