"'Bout Soul is one of Mclean's most explicit free albums, finding the alto saxophonist pushing a quintet -- trumpeter Woody Shaw (who sits out "Dear Nick, Dear John"), pianist Lamont Johnson, bassist Scotty Holt, drummer Rashied Ali -- into uncompromising, tonally free territory. This is intensely cerebral music that is nevertheless played with a fiery passion. "

• 1 Soul
• 2 Conversion Point
• 3 Big Ben's Voice
• 4 Dear Nick, Dear John
• 5 Erdu
• 6 Big Ben's Voice (Alt Tk)