Why was Les McCann's relationship with Blue Note

[Dmitry]

Aside from his appearance with Stanley Turrentine on 1984's Straight Ahead cd, looks like his only recording for the label in it's hey days was with ST on That's Where It's At, from January of 1962. He contributed 4 out of 6 compositions.

ST appears on McCann's *Les McCann Ltd. in New York* which was recorded for Pacific Jazz in December of 61, a month before ST's own BN date.

Both on the level records.

I wonder if it was a contractual thing for McCann.

Coincidentally, looks like That's Where It's At was the last{?} ST album with piano, before he went the organ way. I must say too bad ... because this record is a real sleeper.

[JohnS]

My guess is that it was contractual. Reciprocal arrangements for swapping contracted artists for occasional dates were not that unusual.

[JSngry]

Reciprocal, yes. Les was quite prolific at Pacific Jazz.

East Coast vs West Coast:

East Coast: The Sidewinder

West Coast: The Shampoo

The difference is obvious!