Jackie McLean died Friday at his home in Hartford after a long illness.

NPR: Jackie McLean: A Saxophone Great

He worked with saxophonist Jackie McLean, and then was hired by saxophonist Charles Lloyd, in whose celebrated quartet he gained widespread attention.

WSJ: Jack DeJohnette | Playing Musical Chairs | Cultural Conversation by Larry Blumenfeld

It was hardly a first for the bandleader: Mingus had tried to do the same a few years before to saxophonist Jackie McLean, who held him off with a knife.

WSJ: Mercurial Charles Mingus | Mingus Ah Um | Masterpiece by Eric Felten