Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - You Can't Make Love Alone (1971) [Hi-Res]

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson was in inspired form at the 1971 Montreux Jazz Festival. He stole the show when he sat in with Oliver Nelson's big band during their "Swiss Suite" and played a brilliant blues alto solo. The same day he recorded this Mega album but, due to its extreme brevity (under 24 minutes), perhaps this label should have changed its name to "Mini." Despite the low quantity, the quality of his performance (on which Vinson is joined by the guitars of Larry Coryell and Cornell Dupree, pianist Neal Creque, bassist Chuck Rainey and drummer Pretty Purdie) makes this album still worth acquiring, although preferably at a budget price. Vinson takes "Straight No Chaser" as an instrumental and does a fine job of singing "Cleanhead Blues," "You Can't Make Love Alone," "I Had a Dream" and "Person to Person."

Tracklist:
1 01. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Straight No Chaser / Cleanhead Blues (08:39)
1 02. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - You Can't Make Love Alone (05:03)
1 03. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - I Had a Dream (06:42)
1 04. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Person to Person (06:18)