A Fickle Sonance

A Fickle Sonance
A Fickle Sonance
Studio album by Jackie McLean
Released	End of November 1962
Recorded	October 26, 1961
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, US
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:18
Label	Blue Note; BST 84089
Producer	Alfred Lion
Jackie McLean chronology

A Fickle Sonance is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label.^[2] The opening track "Five Will Get You Ten"'s lead sheet was allegedly discovered by Sonny Clark in Thelonious Monk's house. It was originally titled "Two Timer", and was later recorded by Monk's son, T. S. Monk on his album 1997 Monk on Monk.^[3]

"Sonance" is an obsolete word for a sound or a tune.^[4]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[6]

"Five Will Get You Ten"

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The AllMusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 3 stars and stated:

Even though A Fickle Sonance preceded McLean's intense 1962 album Let Freedom Ring, the playing remained in a swinging blues-oriented style, showing no hint of the direction his music was about to take.^[7]

In a 2016 review flophouse.com said:

If Jackie McLean’s career would’ve ended right after recording A Fickle Sonance, people would certainly have pointed out the alto saxophonist’s development from one of Charlie Parker’s most proficient disciples to an alto saxophonist that made his mark with a series of excellent Blue Note recordings from 1959 to 1961, employing his highly emotional, piercing sound: already a great legacy. However, McLean raised the bars considerably the following years, breaking and entering hard bop’s living quarters with a series of vanguard recordings in cooperation with avantgardists like Ornette Coleman.^[8]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Five Will Get You Ten"	Thelonious Monk, Sonny Clark	7:06
2.	"Subdued"	Jackie McLean	5:54
3.	"Sundu"	Clark	4:54
4.	"A Fickle Sonance"	McLean	6:49
5.	"Enitnerrut"	Tommy Turrentine	5:48
6.	"Lost"	Butch Warren	4:47

Personnel[]

References[]

^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1 December 1962). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 25 August 2018 – via Google Books.
^ "Jackie McLean discography". Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
^ "The Thelonious Monk Compositions". theloniousrecords.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
^ "the definition of sonance". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-fickle-sonance-r155355
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 979. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Campbell, A. "A Fickle Sonance Review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
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[1] Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1 December 1962). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 25 August 2018 – via Google Books.

[Byrd_discography-2] "Jackie McLean discography". Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2011.

[3] "The Thelonious Monk Compositions". theloniousrecords.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2017.

[4] "the definition of sonance". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 25 August 2018.

[5] ttps://www.allmusic.com/album/a-fickle-sonance-r155355

[Penguin-6] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 979. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Allmusic-7] Campbell, A. "A Fickle Sonance Review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved April 13, 2011.

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Film and TV appearances	The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961) Jazz (Ken Burns, 2000)

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