Demon's Dance

1970 studio album by Jackie McLean

Demon's Dance

Studio album by

Jackie McLean

Released

October 1970^[1]

Recorded

December 22, 1967

Studio

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Genre

Post-bop

Length

36:26

Label

Blue Note
BST 84345

Producer

Francis Wolff

Jackie McLean chronology

'Bout Soul
(1967)

Demon's Dance
(1970)

Live at Montmartre
(1972)

Demon's Dance is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1967 for Blue Note, but not released until 1970.^[2] It features McLean in a quintet with trumpeter Woody Shaw, pianist LaMont Johnson, bassist Scotty Holt and drummer Jack DeJohnette.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Steve Huey stated: "The record retreats a bit from McLean's nearly free playing on New and Old Gospel and 'Bout Soul, instead concentrating on angular, modal avant bop with more structured chord progressions... While Demon's Dance didn't quite push McLean's sound the way its two predecessors had, there was no sign that the altoist was beginning to run out of creative steam".^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Jackie McLean, except as indicated.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Demon's Dance"	7:09
2.	"Toyland" (Cal Massey)	5:24
3.	"Boo Ann's Grand" (Woody Shaw)	6:57
4.	"Sweet Love of Mine" (Shaw)	6:04
5.	"Floogeh"	5:23
6.	"Message From Trane" (Massey)	5:29

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Francis Wolff – producer
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer (recording)
Bob Venosa – design
Mati Klarwein – artwork
Leonard Feather – liner notes

References

^ Billboard Oct 24, 1970
^ Jackie McLean discography accessed October 18, 2010
^ ^a ^b Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 18, 2010
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 136. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Jackie McLean

Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section.

As leader
or
co-leader

Presenting... Jackie McLean (1955)
Lights Out! (1956)
4, 5 and 6 (1956)
Jackie's Pal (1956)
McLean's Scene (1957–59)
Jackie McLean & Co. (1957)
Makin' the Changes (1957)
A Long Drink of the Blues (1957)
Strange Blues (1957)
Alto Madness (1957)
Fat Jazz (1957)
Jackie's Bag (1959–60)
New Soil (1959)
Swing, Swang, Swingin' (1959)
Capuchin Swing (1960)
Street Singer (with Tina Brooks, 1960)
Bluesnik (1961)
A Fickle Sonance (1961)
Let Freedom Ring (1962)
Tippin' the Scales (1962)
Vertigo (1962–63)
Hipnosis (1962–67)
One Step Beyond (1963)
Destination... Out! (1963)
It's Time! (1964)
Action Action Action (1964)
Right Now! (1965)
Jacknife (1965–66)
Consequence (1965)
New and Old Gospel (1967)
'Bout Soul (1967)
Demon's Dance (1967)
Live at Montmartre (1972)
Ode to Super (1973)
A Ghetto Lullaby (1973)
Altissimo (1973)
The Meeting (1973)
The Source (1973)
Antiquity (1974)
New York Calling (1974)
New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)
One Night with Blue Note Preserved Volume 2 (1985)
It's About Time (1985)
Hat Trick (1996)

With
others

The Happy Blues (Gene Ammons, 1956)
Jammin' with Gene (Gene Ammons, 1956)
Funky (Gene Ammons, 1957)
Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (Gene Ammons, 1957)
Hard Bop (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956)
Originally (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956 [1982])
Drum Suite (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956–57)
A Night in Tunisia (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, Vik/RCA, 1957)
Ritual: The Modern Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey, 1957)
Tough! (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1957)
Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960)
2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957)
Off to the Races (Donald Byrd, 1958)
Fuego (Donald Byrd, 1959)
Byrd in Flight (Donald Byrd, 1960)
Cool Struttin' (Sonny Clark, 1958)
Dig (Miles Davis, 1951)
Quintet/Sextet (Miles Davis, 1955)
Davis Cup (Walter Davis Jr., 1959)
Inta Somethin' (Kenny Dorham, 1961)
Matador (Kenny Dorham, 1962)
Tuba Sounds (Ray Draper, 1957)
2 Trumpets (Art Farmer, 1957)
Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
Pithecanthropus Erectus (Charles Mingus, 1956)
Blues & Roots (Charles Mingus, 1958)
Mobley's Message (Hank Mobley, Prestige, 1956)
Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967)
Evolution (Grachan Moncur III, 1963)
Lee-Way (Lee Morgan, 1960)
Tom Cat (Lee Morgan, 1964)
Cornbread (Lee Morgan, 1965)
Infinity (Lee Morgan, 1965)
Charisma (Lee Morgan, 1966)
The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1967–68)
The Music From "The Connection" (Freddie Redd, 1960)
Shades of Redd (Freddie Redd, 1960)
Redd's Blues (Freddie Redd, 1961)
Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, 1957)
Mal/2 (Mal Waldron, 1957)
Left Alone (Mal Waldron, 1959)
Left Alone '86 (Mal Waldron, 1986)
Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson, 1967)

Film and TV
appearances

The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)
Jazz (Ken Burns, 2000)

v t e Woody Shaw
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	In the Beginning (1965) Blackstone Legacy (1970) Song of Songs (1972) The Moontrane (1974) San Francisco Express – Getting It Together (1975) Love Dance (1975) Little Red's Fantasy (1976) Woody Plays Woody (1976–77) The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage (1976) Rosewood (1977) The Iron Men (with Anthony Braxton, 1977) Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard (1978) Woody III (1978–79) For Sure! (1979) United (1981) Lotus Flower (1982) Master of the Art (1982) Night Music (1982) Setting Standards (1983) The Time Is Right (1983) Double Take (and Freddie Hubbard, 1985) Woody Shaw with the Tone Jansa Quartet (1985) Dr. Chi (1986) Bemsha Swing (1986) Solid (1986) Imagination (1987) In My Own Sweet Way (1987) The Eternal Triangle (with Freddie Hubbard, 1987)
With others	Home! (Gary Bartz, 1969) Coral Keys (Walter Bishop Jr., 1971) Child's Dance (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1972) Buhaina (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973) Anthenagin (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973) The Free Slave (Roy Brooks, 1970) Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1983) The Almoravid (Joe Chambers, 1971) Tones for Joan's Bones (Chick Corea, 1966) The Complete "Is" Sessions (Chick Corea, 1969) Brilliant Circles (Stanley Cowell, 1969) Conversations (Eric Dolphy, 1963) Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963) Tex Book Tenor/Back from the Gig (Booker Ervin, 1968) Ichi-Ban (Louis Hayes and Junior Cook, 1976) The Real Thing (Louis Hayes, 1977) If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem (Joe Henderson, 1970) Joe Henderson Quintet at the Lighthouse (1970) Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968) Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969–70) Passing Ships (Andrew Hill, 1969) Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux (1973) Cirrus (Bobby Hutcherson, 1974) Bridge into the New Age (Azar Lawrence, 1974) 'Bout Soul (Jackie McLean, 1967) Demon's Dance (Jackie McLean, 1967) Reach Out! (Hank Mobley, 1968) Thinking of Home (Hank Mobley, 1970) Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) (Pharoah Sanders, 1970) The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver, 1965) The Jody Grind (Horace Silver, 1966) Natural Soul (Buddy Terry, 1967) Pure Dynamite (Buddy Terry, 1972) Expansions (McCoy Tyner, 1968) The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard (Mal Waldron, 1986) The Seagulls of Kristiansund (Mal Waldron, 1986) Natural Essence (Tyrone Washington, 1967) Unity (Larry Young, 1965) Zawinul (Joe Zawinul, 1970)
Box sets	Woody Shaw: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (Columbia, 1978–81 [2011]) Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic, 1965–87 [2013])