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{{Infobox album
| name       = Presenting... Jackie McLean
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Jackie McLean]]
| cover      = Presenting Jackie McLean.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1956
| recorded   = October 21, 1955
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Van Gelder Studio|Van Gelder]], Hackensack, NJ
| genre      = [[Jazz]]
| length     = 40:18
| label      = Ad Lib<br /><small>6601</small>
| producer   =
| chronology = [[Jackie McLean]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Lights Out!]]
| next_year  = 1956
}}
'''''Presenting... Jackie McLean''''', also referred to as ''The New Tradition'' and ''Jackie McLean Quintet'', is the debut album by American alto saxophonist [[Jackie McLean]], which was recorded in 1955, becoming the first LP released by the Ad Lib label before being reissued on the [[Jubilee Records|Jubilee]] label in 1958.<ref name="McLean discography">[https://www.jazzdisco.org/jackie-mclean/catalog/#ad-lib-ad-6601 Jackie McLean discography] accessed March 18, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.bsnpubs.com/jubilee/jubilee1000.html Both Sides Now: Jubilee Album Discography, Part 2 (1955-1961): 1000 Series] accessed March 18, 2019</ref><ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Jackie_Mclean.htm Jazzlists: Jackie McLean discography] accessed March 18, 2019</ref> It features McLean in a quintet with trumpeter [[Donald Byrd]], pianist [[Mal Waldron]], bassist [[Doug Watkins]] and drummer Ron Tucker.
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
|rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
|rev2score  = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=978}}</ref>
}}
The [[AllMusic]] review by Thom Jurek said: "A standard late bebop and early hard bop date (but then again, hard bop was still fresh and new at the time, and McLean was at the forefront of it), the album is most notable for its two McLean originals".<ref name="Allmusic">{{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0000554564|first=Thom|last=Jurek|label=Jackie McLean: ''Presenting...'' - Review|accessdate=March 19, 2019}}</ref> Reviewing a CD reissue Alex Henderson said "Although far from essential, ''The New Tradition'' is a decent bop outing that will appeal to collectors, historians, and hardcore fans".<ref name="Allmusic2">{{allMusic|class=album|id=mr0001081419|first=Alex|last=Henderson|label=Jackie McLean: ''New Tradition'' - Review|accessdate=March 19, 2019}}</ref>
==Track listing==
''All compositions by Jackie McLean, except where indicated.''
# "It's You or No One" ([[Jule Styne]], [[Sammy Cahn]]) – 6:51
# "Blue Doll" – 7:00
# "Little Melonae" – 6:27
# "[[The Way You Look Tonight]]" ([[Jerome Kern]], [[Dorothy Fields]]) – 6:30
# "Mood Malody" (Mal Waldron) – 6:53
# "[[Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)|Lover Man]]" ([[Jimmy Davis (songwriter)|Jimmy Davis]], [[Ram Ramirez]], James Sherman) – 6:37
==Personnel==
*[[Jackie McLean]] – [[alto saxophone]]
*[[Donald Byrd]] – [[trumpet]]
*[[Mal Waldron]] – [[piano]]
*[[Doug Watkins]] – [[double bass|bass]]
*Ronald Tucker – [[drum kit|drums]]
==References==
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[[Category:Jackie McLean albums]]
[[Category:1956 albums]]
[[Category:Jubilee Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio]]
[[Category:Albums recorded in a home studio]]