John Lenwood (Jackie) McLean (May 17 1931 - March 31 2006; some sources give 1932 as his year of birth) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City. Wikipedia
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Jackie McLean, the New York-born alto saxophonist, who has died at the age of 74, did exactly that to Charlie Parker while the two were prowling Greenwich Village one night in 1954, looking for anybody who would let them play. www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1745370,00.html
