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Jackie McLean

Born in New York City, New York on May 17, 1931, jazz saxophonist Jackie McLean was destined to be a jazz great right from the beginning. His father was a jazz guitarist and a great influence but died in 1939 when Jackie McLean was young. His education in music came via some of the finest musicians in the genre, including Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, and Charlie Parker. His accomplished sax playing blossomed at high school, where he was in a band with Sonny Rollins and Kenny Drew. Jackie McLean would then go on to play on Miles Davis' Dig album when he was just 20. At a young age...