New Soil

New Soil is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1959 and released on the Blue Note label.[2]

New Soil
Studio album by
Jackie McLean
ReleasedAugust 1959[1]
RecordedMay 2, 1959
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
GenreJazz
Length38:31 original LP
44:47 CD reissue
LabelBlue Note
BLP 4013
ProducerAlfred Lion
Jackie McLean chronology
Fat Jazz
(1959)		 New Soil
(1959)		 Swing, Swang, Swingin'
(1959)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Tom HullA[5]

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "New Soil wasn't the first session Jackie McLean recorded for Blue Note, but it was the first one released, and as the title suggests, the first glimmerings of McLean's desire to push beyond the limits of bop are already apparent... It could be argued that McLean never recorded a bad album for Blue Note, and New Soil got his career with the label off to a terrifically stimulating start".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Walter Davis Jr. except as indicated

  1. "Hip Strut" (Jackie McLean) - 11:20
  2. "Minor Apprehension" (McLean) - 7:34
  3. "Greasy" - 7:25
  4. "Sweet Cakes" - 6:46
  5. "Davis Cup" - 5:26
  6. "Formidable" - 6:16 Bonus track on 1988 CD reissue

Personnel

References
  1. Billboard Aug 31, 1959
  2. Jackie McLean discography accessed October 15, 2010
  3. Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 15, 2010
  4. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  5. Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Essential Jazz Albums of the 1950s". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
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