Jackie Mclean – Vertigo (LP Vinyl)

Jackie McLean spent the late 1960s pushing hard bop toward something rawer and more searching, and *Vertigo* captures that restless energy with a small group that locks in tight and then lets loose. Recorded for Blue Note in 1967, it's the kind of session that reminds you why McLean's alto had a sound unlike anyone else, urgent, slightly sharp, and absolutely unmistakable. The Tone Poet series brings the original analog warmth back to the format it was made for.