Jackie McLean - Action (Blue Note Tone Poet Series, LP Vinyl)

Jackie McLean's '60s output ran the gamut from hard bop to avant-garde with his 1964 album, Action, splitting the difference from the searing title track to the plaintive ballad "Wrong Handle," and the grooving "Hoonan," with a quintet of Charles Tolliver, Bobby Hutcherson, Cecil McBee and Billy Higgins. This stereo Blue Note Tone Poet Series was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.

Side A: Action Plight Side B: Hootnan I Hear a Rhapsody Wrong Handle