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René Mclean
11+ albums
Post Bop
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René McLean (born December 16, 1946) is a hard bop saxophonist and flutist from New York City. He started playing guitar before receiving an alto saxophone and instruction from his father, alto saxophonist Jackie McLean. Biography McLean played in the mid-1970s in a quintet with Woody Shaw and Louis Hayes and toured with Hugh Masekela in 1978. He later studied music at New York College of Music and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. McLean received the Creative Artist Fellowship by the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts in 1986 to reside in Japan to research traditional Japanese music, arts and culture, and to perform and teach. He has recorded extensively and also has thorough experience as a music educator in the United States and South Africa. Born in New York City, René McLean, multi-reed instrumentalist (alto, tenor, soprano saxophones, flutes, ney, shakuhachi), composer, band leader, educator, and producer, began his musical training at the age of nine under the tutelage and guidance of his father, alto saxophonist and educator Jackie McLean. René made his debut with Jackie McLean's band in the mid-1960s and led his own bands. René McLean's debut as a band leader and producer began at the age of 16 in 1963. René McLean continued his studies with his stepfather as well as with the Jazz Arts Society, HARYOU ACT Cultural Program under Julian Yule, Rheet Taylor, Jackie McLean and Kenny Dorham; the Clark Terry Youth Band, Jazz
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Generations To Come: Live In South Africa
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Ancestral Calling: Music of the Spirit
Spiritual Jazz 11: SteepleChase
Spiritual Jazz Vol. 11: SteepleChase
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The Three Worlds Of Triloka
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In African Eyes
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Spiritual Jazz 11: SteepleChase (NO DIGITAL)
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Spiritual Jazz 11: SteepleChase (Jazzman)
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Spiritual Jazz 11 - SteepleChase (Esoteric, Modal And Deep Jazz From The SteepleChase Label 1974-84)