Jackie McLean: Vertigo (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) 1LP ETJS-89 and the uptempo burner “LLL”

and the uptempo burner “LLL” dedicated to drummer Larence “Lo” Leathers

Why Don't They Know

whose writing places Valle’s guitar and voice within settings for strings

Binker Golding

Jackie McLean: Vertigo (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) 1LP ETJS-89 and the uptempo burner “LLL”Blue Note, 1980 Two months before Jackie McLean recorded his inside out masterpiece One Step Beyond in 1963, the alto saxophonist was in the studio recording a dynamic quintet session that would eventually be released as Vertigo as part of the LT Series in 1980. Primarily featuring a state of the art band with trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Butch Warren, and drummer Tony Williams, the set presents a dizzying array of styles