Tippin' The Scales (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP Fat Freddy's Drop and the downright ugly rear

and the downright ugly rear their heads throughout

It’s For Love The Petals Fall

Respect the Game

Released on the band’s own Flightless Records

Tippin' The Scales (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP Fat Freddy's Drop and the downright ugly rearJackie McLeans 1960s Blue Note output is a fascinating body of work, especially viewed with the benefit of hindsight. In between recording 2 venturous modernist sessionsLet Freedom Ring and One Step Beyondthat would set the tone for the alto saxophonists future explorations, came the seemingly more conventional and relaxed quartet date Tippin The Scales. Recorded in September 1962 but not released until 1979, the date featured McLean with Sonny Clark