A Fickle Sonance

A Fickle Sonance is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label.[2] The opening track Five Will Get You Ten's lead sheet was allegedly discovered by Sonny Clark in Thelonious Monk's house. It was originally titled Two Timer, and was later recorded by Monk's son, T. S. Monk on his album 1997 Monk on Monk.[3]

A Fickle Sonance
Studio album by
Jackie McLean
ReleasedEnd of November 1962[1]
RecordedOctober 26, 1961
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, US
GenreJazz
Length35:18
LabelBlue Note
BST 84089
ProducerAlfred Lion
Jackie McLean chronology
Bluesnik
(1961)		 A Fickle Sonance
(1962)		 Let Freedom Ring
(1962)

"Sonance" is an obsolete word for a sound or a tune.[4]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link

The AllMusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 3 stars and stated:

Even though A Fickle Sonance preceded McLean's intense 1962 album Let Freedom Ring, the playing remained in a swinging blues-oriented style, showing no hint of the direction his music was about to take.[5]

In a 2016 review flophouse.com said:

If Jackie McLean’s career would’ve ended right after recording A Fickle Sonance, people would certainly have pointed out the alto saxophonist’s development from one of Charlie Parker’s most proficient disciples to an alto saxophonist that made his mark with a series of excellent Blue Note recordings from 1959 to 1961, employing his highly emotional, piercing sound: already a great legacy. However, McLean raised the bars considerably the following years, breaking and entering hard bop’s living quarters with a series of vanguard recordings in cooperation with avantgardists like Ornette Coleman.[6]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Five Will Get You Ten"Thelonious Monk, Sonny Clark7:06
2."Subdued"Jackie McLean5:54
3."Sundu"Clark4:54
4."A Fickle Sonance"McLean6:49
5."Enitnerrut"Tommy Turrentine5:48
6."Lost"Butch Warren4:47

Personnel

References
  1. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1 December 1962). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 25 August 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. "Jackie McLean discography". Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  3. "The Thelonious Monk Compositions". theloniousrecords.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  4. "the definition of sonance". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  5. Campbell, A. "A Fickle Sonance Review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
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