Jackie McLean

Jackie McLean (born May 17, 1931, New York City, New York, U.S.—died March 31, 2006, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American jazz musician noted for the emotional intensity of his alto saxophone improvising. From a musical family, McLean became known as a fine altoist in his teens and first recorded in 1951, with Miles Davis, playing “Dig” (also called “Donna”), a McLean theme song that became a jazz standard. McLean played in Charles Mingus’s and Art...