Roy Ayers: Secrets Of The Sun - Exclusive Limited Edition 1LP IJMP23 Jackie McLean’s 1960s Blue Note

Jackie McLean’s 1960s Blue Note output is a fascinating body of work

we’re immersed in a gorgeous pastiche of cascading vocal runs and breathy sighs

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Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews is the bandleader and frontman of Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

Roy Ayers: Secrets Of The Sun - Exclusive Limited Edition 1LP IJMP23 Jackie McLean’s 1960s Blue NoteVerve, 2025 Secrets Of The Sun features four previously unreleased Roy Ayers studio tracks from the 1970s, along with four reinterpretations of Ayers deeper cuts by ROCMIX. Released on LIMITED EDITION vinyl, with a gatefold jacket and a special lithograph print. The four previously unreleased recordings are Pathfinder, (1973) Pleasure, (1977) Intermission, (1972) and Dragons Nest (1978), and they are all instantly recognisable as classic 1970s Ayers