Jackie's Pal


Jackie's Pal is a studio album by saxophonist Jackie McLean, his third issued recording for Prestige Records. It was recorded in 1956 and first released as PRLP 7068. In 1963, like the previous 4, 5 and 6, the album was reissued on the Prestige subsidiary label New Jazz Records, as NJ 8290, with a different cover and retitled Steeplechase. It was reissued on CD in 1991 under the original title. It features McLean in a quintet with trumpeter Bill Hardman, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones.

Track listing

  1. "Sweet Doll" - 6:06
  2. "Just for Marty" - 6:39
  3. "Dee's Dilemma - 7:06
  4. "Sublues - 8:03
  5. "Steeplechase" - 8:12
  6. "It Could Happen to You" - 6:03

Personnel