''Tippin' the Scales'' is an album by American saxophonist

Jackie McLean John Lenwood McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator. He is one of the few musicians to be elected to the ''DownBeat'' Hall of Fame in the year of their death. Bio ...

. It was originally recorded in 1962, but was first released only in 1979 on the Japanese

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label as GXF 3062, then finally released in the U.S. in 1984 as BST 84427.Jackie McLean discography
accessed October 19, 2010. The CD reissue, released in 1989 and now out of print, added three alternate takes as bonus tracks.

Reception

The

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review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4 stars and stated: "Though it's one of the more conventional items in McLean's discography, ''Tippin' the Scales'' offers an opportunity to hear the altoist in an uncommonly relaxed quartet setting, playing at a typically high level of musicianship."Huey, S. Allmusic Reviewaccessed October 18, 2010.

Track listing

# "Tippin' the Scales" (McLean) - 6:03 # "Rainy Blues" (McLean) - 5:13 # "Nursery Blues" (

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) - 6:38 # "Nicely" (Clark) - 6:29 # "Two for One" (Clark) - 6:04 # "Cabin in the Sky" (

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) - 5:33 Bonus tracks on CD reissue (1989) #

"Tippin' the Scales" lternate Take# "Two for One" lternate Take 1# "Two for One" lternate Take 2

Personnel

* Jackie McLean -

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...

- piano *

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

References

{{Authority control Blue Note Records albums Jackie McLean albums 1979 albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio