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DONALD BYRD

Byrd’s Eye View (Tone Poet Series)

limited 180g lp in deluxe tip-on sleeve with booklet (mono) - £37.99 | Pre Order
Recorded in 1955 for Tom Wilson’s Transition label, 'Byrd’s Eye View' was Donald Byrd’s first issued album as a leader featuring the trumpeter at the helm...
Donald Byrd

Byrd In Flight (2024 Repress)

limited 180g lp (1000 only) - £22.99 | Pre Order
“Byrd in Flight”, Donald Byrd’s 1960 album, showcases his exploration of hard bop and soul jazz.
Donald Byrd

A New Perspective (Classic Vinyl Series)

180g lp (stereo) - £28.99 | Buy
Donald Byrd presented 'A New Perspective' with his magnificent 1963 album for band and voices which wove the essence of spirituals into modern jazz with...
Donald Byrd

ROYAL FLUSH (2023 reissue)

limited 180g lp (1000 only) - £22.99
Recorded in 1961, this album is the last of the dynamic duo Donald Byrd / Pepper Adams - but also the first of a future great Herbie Hancock.
Donald Byrd

ELECTRIC BYRD (313 series reissue)

black lp - £41.99
released six months after 'Bitches Brew', 'Electric Byrd' shows legendary hard bop Detroit trumpet player Donald Byrd was listening to, but not ...
Donald Byrd

Live: Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux

lp - £28.99 | Buy
In July 1973, Blue Note Records headed to Montreux, Switzerland to showcase several of the label’s stars at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
Slow Drag (Tone Poet series)
  1. Slow Drag (Side A)
  2. Secret Love (Side A)
  3. Book’s Bossa (Side A)
  4. Jelly Roll (Side B)
  5. The Loner (Side B)
  6. My Ideal (Side B)

Donald Byrd

Slow Drag (Tone Poet series)

Blue Note
  • 180g black lp in deluxe tip-on gatefold sleeve

    Released: 2nd Jun 2023

    £38.99
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Donald Byrd’s 1967 album 'Slow Drag' was one of the last pure hard bop records the trumpeter would make before his music began evolving towards fusion.

Byrd flies high on this gratifying set featuring alto saxophonist Sonny Red, pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Walter Booker & drummer Billy Higgins. This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.