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Street Singer (album)

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Street Singer
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 6, 1980
RecordedSeptember 1, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length41:48
LabelBlue Note
GXF 3067
ProducerAlfred Lion
Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean chronology
True Blue
(1960)
Street Singer
(1980)
Back to the Tracks
(1960)
Alternate cover

Street Singer is a hard bop album jointly led by tenor Tina Brooks and alto Jackie McLean. The tracks "Appointment in Ghana", "A Ballad for Doll" and "Isle of Java" were originally released in 1960 on McLean's album Jackie's Bag. The full session, including three previously unreleased tracks, was first released on the Japanese Blue Note label in 1980.[1]

Track listing

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  1. "Melonae's Dance" (McLean) - 6:50
  2. "Appointment in Ghana" (McLean) - 6:59
  3. "Medina" (Brooks) - 6:48
  4. "Isle of Java" (Brooks) - 7:31
  5. "Street Singer" (Brooks) - 10:19
  6. "A Ballad for Doll" (McLean) - 3:19

Personnel

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See also

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