Perception- Jackie McLean or Connie Crothers?

[Kreilly]

I ordered a Steeplechase cd by Jackie McLean entitled "Perception" and received a Connie Crothers cd by the same name. I'm confused by references (AMG) to the Crothers disc as a quartet featuring McLean. The cd makes no mention of McLean, it is a trio recording. The all music guide lists the Connie Crothers cd (with photo) under Jackie's discography. Yet under Crothers name the AMG describes it as a piano trio. Any help out there? Is there a McLean release entitled Perception?

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&t...10:amu1z8baoyv6

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&t...10:gz63trawklox

[Michael Fitzgerald]

I know of no instance when McLean recorded with Crothers. I find no evidence of any McLean album titled Perception. The only thing I can see is that McLean's album "Cosmic Brotherhood" has the SteepleChase catalog number immediately following Crothers's Perception album.

Sounds like typical sloppiness from the dreaded allmusic site. But you said you ordered it - and yes, Amazon is actually listing a McLean album titled Perception. That's even scarier that the allmusic crap has infiltrated other areas.

Mike

[Kreilly]

I know of no instance when McLean recorded with Crothers. I find no evidence of any McLean album titled Perception. The only thing I can see is that McLean's album "Cosmic Brotherhood" has the SteepleChase catalog number immediately following Crothers's Perception album.

Sounds like typical sloppiness from the dreaded allmusic site. But you said you ordered it - and yes, Amazon is actually listing a McLean album titled Perception. That's even scarier that the allmusic crap has infiltrated other areas.

Mike

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Thanks Mike. I knew something was wrong when it wasn't mentioned under Jackie Mclean's name on the Jazz discography site that you first referred me to about a year ago. http://www.jazzdisco.org/ I ordered it from Amazon and it's an interesting Tristano-ish piano trio recording but I was expecting a JM cd.

Kevin

[Michael Fitzgerald]

Yikes - I have never recommended that site; quite the opposite. My own site is similar in name (www.jazzdiscography.com) but it doesn't have include Jackie McLean just yet.

Mike