alto saxophonist Jackie McLean’s innovative hard bop began to take on a harder edge and a more adventurous spirit
A 2018 live performance from the 2017 NPR Tiny Desk Concert winners
Elvin Jones’ 1968 Blue Note debut Puttin’ It Together marked the start of a new chapter in the master drummer’s career
which prompted DownBeat to declare her “a young singer with a deep
Meshell Ndegeocello: Synonym CD ETJS-89 alto saxophonist Jackie McLean’s innovativeBlue Note, 2026 With her 3rd Blue Note album Synonym, Meshell Ndegeocello presents a remarkable album of duets on classic songs that are known, loved, and diverse in tone, genre, intent, and BPM. This is an album about joy, love, selfhood, individual representation and universal experience that explores expressions of desire, care, heartbreak, friendship, disappointment, and love in all the forms. All the songs feature two singers who identify as the