Similar Artists:
Christopher Hollyday,
The Harper Brothers,
Vincent Henry,
Vincent Herring,
Arthur Blythe,
Sonny Stitt,
John Coltrane,
Branford Marsalis,
Kenny Garrett,
Frank Foster,
Donald Harrison,
Ricky Ford
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- Born: December 16, 1946, New York, NY
- Active: '70s, '80s, '90s
- Genres: Jazz
- Instrument: Sax (Tenor), Sax (Alto), Flute
- Representative Albums: "In African Eyes", "Generations to Come
Biography
The son of altoist
Jackie McLean, René studied alto with his father and
Sonny Rollins from the age of nine. He played baritone and later alto with
Tito Puente for three years in the early '70s and also worked with
Sam Rivers,
Lionel Hampton, and with his father in the Cosmic Brotherhood. McLean played in the mid-'70s in a quintet with
Woody Shaw and
Louis Hayes, started touring with
Hugh Masekela in 1978, settled in South Africa in 1985, led his own group, and in the late '80s, recorded with his father for
Triloka. Rene McLean has also led his own albums for
SteepleChase (1975) and
Triloka (1993). ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
