Fat Jazz

Fat Jazz
Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedDecember 27, 1957
StudioNew York City
GenreJazz
Length36:24
LabelJubilee
JLP 1093
ProducerCharlie Mack
Jackie McLean chronology
Alto Madness
(1957)
Fat Jazz
(1959)
New Soil
(1959)

Fat Jazz, also referred to as Jackie McLean Plays Fat Jazz, is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean, which was recorded in late 1957 and released by the Jubilee label in 1959.[1][2][3] It features McLean in a sextet with trumpeter Webster Young (here on cornet), tuba player Ray Draper, pianist Gil Coggins, bassist George Tucker and drummer Larry Ritchie.

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Allmusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]
  1. ^ Jackie McLean discography accessed March 18, 2019
  2. ^ Both Sides Now: Jubilee Album Discography, Part 2 (1955-1961): 1000 Series accessed March 18, 2019
  3. ^ Jazzlists: Jackie McLean discography accessed March 18, 2019
  4. ^ Jackie McLean: Jackie McLean Plays Fat Jazz - Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 978. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.