{"product_id":"lights-out","title":"Lights Out","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrestige  \/ Analogue Productions \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCPRJ 7035 SA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Hybrid SACD Mono\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"blurb\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMastered by  Kevin Gray  at AcousTech Mastering from the Orginal Mono Master Tapes   - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA perpetual favorite among\u003cstrong\u003e Jackie McLean’s \u003c\/strong\u003eearlier recordings, 1957's \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLights Out!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e finds the hard-swinging young alto saxophonist still very much under the wing of\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eCharlie Parker, who had died less than a year earlier. Yet McLean was beginning to find ways out of the seductive artistic security of Bird imitations. For one thing, he was experimenting with tonal variations. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFor another, he was working with Charles Mingus, and Mingus’s genius as a leader included forcing musicians to look deeply into their most cherished stylistic practices. The McLean of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLights Out! \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis the hot young bebopper with a slightly acid edge to his sound and a solid blues foundation under everything he played.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMcLean and trumpeter \u003cstrong\u003eDonald Byrd\u003c\/strong\u003e occasionally engage in the \"pecking\" technique of mutual improvisation they developed as members of the George Wallington Quintet.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"During his avant-garde period in the early 60s McLean dismissed his earlier recordings, but whatever impossible standards he was setting for himself, his playing on them still sounds fresh, creative, and inspired... The only way McLean's bright, biting sound was ever heard to better advantage was live.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Duck Baker, The Absolute Sound, April 2013, 3.5 Music, 5\/5 Sonics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jackie McLean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56545935917391,"sku":"4525","price":39.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0887\/6785\/6975\/files\/Lights_Out_Jackie_McLean.png?v=1764783783","url":"https:\/\/secondlinerecords.com\/products\/lights-out","provider":"Second Line Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}