Demon's Dance

by Jackie McLean

Demon's Dance cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1970
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:11
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as his final studio session for Blue Note records before taking a nearly decade-long recording hiatus to focus on education, this fierce post-bop set highlights the saxophonist's searing, emotionally intense tone. Backed by a phenomenal quintet featuring Woody Shaw and Jack DeJohnette, the deeply complex, hard-swinging compositions successfully bridge the gap between hard bop and avant-garde exploration.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, improvisation, complex, technical, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Demon's Dance (7:06)
  2. Toyland (5:21)
  3. Boo Ann's Grand (6:53)
  4. Sweet Love Of Mine (6:01)
  5. Floogeh (5:19)
  6. Message From Trane (5:29)

Credits

  • Jackie McLean - primary artist, alto saxophone, written-by
  • Mati Klarwein - artwork
  • Scotty Holt - bass
  • Jack DeJohnette - drums
  • LaMont Johnson - piano
  • Woody Shaw - trumpet, flugelhorn, written-by
  • Cal Massey - written-by

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