Alto saxohone master Jackie McLean: "Right Now!"

Tonight's Jazz Feature is a masterful album by one of the most distinctive voices of the alto saxophone John Lenwood McLean, better known as "Jackie". This is a date that he was proud of and rightly so. Mclean is in top form with this hand-picked quartet with pianist/composer Larry Willis on piano, the great Bob Cranshaw on bass and the dynamic Clifford Jarvis from Sun Ra's Archestra on drums. There are only four tunes on this date "Eco" by McLean opens the set with a bang. This is followed by the mournful and sad ode to the late Eric Dolphy by Larry Willis called "Poor Eric" the next is the uplifting and jagged "Christel's Time" by Mr. Willis and finally the exciting title track by trumpeter Charles Tolliver called "Right Now!". This often overlooked gem stands as one of Jackie McLean's finest outings and is over too soon! Check it out!