McLEAN, JOHN LENWOOD (JACKIE
) Jazz saxophonist ( in New York, New York). His father was a professional jazz guitarist. At fourteen years of age he began formal study of alto saxophone. He obtained his musical education in the public schools of New York and at North Carolina A & T College in Greensboro, which he attended for a year. His early style development was influenced by tenor saxophonists
Dexter Gordon
,
Lester Young
, and
Ben Webster
; he tried to copy...