Donald Byrd - At The Half Note Cafe Vol. 2 - 180g Vinyl LP
Blue Note Tone Poet Series
2025
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from Original Analog Tapes.
Produced by Music Matters' Joe Harley.
Pressed at RTI.
Trumpeter Donald Byrd was only two years into his two decade long Blue Note recording career when he brought his quintet into Manhattan's Half Note Café in November 1960 to record this soulful, swinging, and highly enjoyable live set of hard bop featuring Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, Duke Pearson on piano, Laymon Jackson on bass, and Lex Humphries on drums. Byrd had already established himself as a leading trumpeter on the scene and was riding high on a creative hot streak that produced the studio albums Off to the Races, Byrd in Hand, Fuego, and Byrd in Flight. At the Half Note Café, Vol. 2 jumps right into Pearson's brightly swinging "Jeannine" and includes two Byrd tunes—an extended take of the band's bluesy theme song "Pure D. Funk" and the hard-grooving "Kimyas"—as well as a lilting take on the standard "When Sonny Gets Blue."
(602458740295)
| SKU | 602458740295 |
| Barcode # | 602458740295 |
| Brand | Blue Note Records |
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