Recorded on this date in 1963. McLean was at a crossroads. The hard bop alto master had spent the late fifties running with Miles Davis and Art Blakey, but by nineteen sixty-three, he was pushing beyond the familiar changes and chord structures. Featured tracks: One Step Beyond, Ghost Town Deep in the Stacks is a daily jazz podcast from Kissa Kissa in Brooklyn.

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