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Easterly Winds

Recorded	Sep 22, 1967
Label	Blue Note
Catalog	BST 84270
Released	1967
Personnel	6 credited players
Discogs	master 357726

The record

Cut in the fall of 1967, this Blue Note session pairs Lee Morgan and Jackie McLean at their most probing with piano writing that favors structure over flash. Higgins and Cranshaw hold a loose, swinging floor beneath horn charts pushing toward harder post-bop ground.

Session personnel

Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
Bob Cranshaw — bass
Billy Higgins — drums
Jack Wilson — piano
Garnett Brown — trombone
Lee Morgan — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 15 pressings on file.

1968	Blue Note · BST 84270 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · RVG stamp
1968	Blue Note · BST 84270 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
2004	Blue Note · 7243 4 73161 2 8 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
2004	Blue Note · 7243 8 66746 2 3 — CD, Album, Copy Protected, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
2004	Blue Note · 7243 4 73161 2 8 — CD, Album, Club Edition, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
1968	Blue Note · BST 84270 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1984	Blue Note · BST 84270 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1997	Blue Note · TOCJ-4270 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1997	Blue Note · TOCJ-4270 — CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1999	Blue Note · TOCJ-9151 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve
2005	Blue Note · TOCJ-6500 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2009	Blue Note · TOCJ-8599 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
2015	Blue Note · UCCQ-9198 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
2023	Blue Note — STEREO