# Interesting documentary about alto saxophonist Jackie McLean on Mars … Video

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2018/03/18/interesting-documentary-about-alto-saxophonist-jackie-mclean-on-mars-video/
- Published: 2018-03-18T08:48:00+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**Yesterday, I came across an interesting documentary about alto saxophonist Jackie
McLean and thought you’d dig. **

It’s a 1979 film by Ken Levis that explores McLean’s life and career as he taught
at the University of Hartford in the mid-1970s. The film runs only 32 minutes, but
it provides a harrowing feel for the despair gifted jazz musicians felt in an age
of dwindling recording and performing opportunities. One can sense McLean’s resentment.

_Jackie McLean on Mars_…

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