Sugar Free Saxophone: The Life and Music of Jackie McLean Irene Rawnsley to be published in translation

to be published in translation by AUC Press in December

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Sugar Free Saxophone: The Life and Music of Jackie McLean Irene Rawnsley to be published in translationJohn 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 Jackies 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