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Jackie McLean | |
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 McLean in 1982 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | John Lenwood McLean |
| Born | May 17, 1931 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | March 31, 2006 (aged 74) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Instrument(s) | Alto saxophone |
| Years active | 1951–2004 |
John Lenwood McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006)[1] was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator, and is one of the few musicians to be elected to the DownBeat Hall of Fame in the year of their death.
- ^ Keepnews, Peter (April 3, 2006). "Jackie McLean, Jazz Saxophonist and Mentor, Dies at 74". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
John Lenwood McLean was born in Harlem on May 17, 1931. (Many sources give his year of birth as 1932, but The Grove Dictionary of Jazz and other authoritative reference works say he was born a year earlier.)