Makin' the Changes is a studio album by saxophonist Jackie McLean.

It was recorded in 1957 for Prestige, but not released until 1960 by the subsidiary label New Jazz as NJ 8231.

It features three tracks with McLean in a quartet with pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Arthur Phipps and drummer Art Taylor, and three with a sextet featuring trumpeter Webster Young, trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist Gil Coggins, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Louis Hayes.

Recorded on February 15 (#1, 3-4) & August 30 (#2, 5-6), 1957.

Tracks 1, 3-4 Tracks 2, 5-6