Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

Cut in the early '70s with an all-star band featuring T-Bone Walker and Jay McShann, this was winning various grand prix in Europe as Wee Baby Blues long before it was released here. More tentative and human-scale, more felt perhaps, than The Original Cleanhead, it sacrifices power and presence as a result, but the material sounds loud enough, and at times Walker threatens to steal the record. (Grade: A-)