Sugar Free Saxophone: The Life and Music of Jackie McLean Tess Gallagher In 2008 she won the

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Sugar Free Saxophone: The Life and Music of Jackie McLean Tess Gallagher In 2008 she won theJohn 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