Sugar Free Saxophone

John Lenwood McLean – sugar free saxophonist from Sugar Hill, Harlem – is widely known as one of the finest, most consistent soloists in jazz history. From early in his career Jackie’s powerful, unsentimental, sometimes astringent sound and inventive style made audiences and critics sit up and listen. Steeped in – but eventually moving well beyond – the influence of his mentor and friend Charlie Parker, he built an attractive, instantly recognisable musical

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