Makin' the Changes features altoist
Jackie McLean in two different settings. On three selections -- a rollicking "Bean and the Boys," an up-tempo "I Never Knew" and "I Hear a Rhapsody" --
McLean teams up with pianist
Mal Waldron in a quartet with bassist
Arthur Phipps and drummer
Art Taylor. The other three numbers ("What's New," " "Chasin' the Bird" and
McLean's original "Jackie's Ghost") have more of a jam session feel, and feature
McLean in a sextet with trumpeter
Webster Young, trombonist
Curtis Fuller, pianist
Gil Coggins, bassist
Paul Chambers and drummer
Louis Hayes. In general, the hard bop music is swinging and fairly advanced, a step above the usual jam sessions of the time. ~ Scott Yanow