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Donald Byrd At The Half Note Café, Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series)

Blue Note

Jazz

LP (180 gram) 3814586£35.00
Gatefold sleeve
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1. My Girl Shirl
2. Soulful Kiddy
3. A Portrait Of Jennie
4. Cecile
5. Theme: Pure D. Funk

In November 1960, trumpeter Donald Byrd brought his quintet in to the Half Note Café in New York City 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.

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.

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– Lansana's Priestess
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2. – Miss Kane
3. – Sister Love
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New LP (180g) MOVLP3396£31.99
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Original LP£65.00
Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl, blue label Liberty, Blue Note orig inner, some sleevewear from age
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Donald Byrd Byrd's Eye View (Tone Poet)Decca / Blue Note

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...

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LP (180 gram) 4585225£44.99
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Donald Byrd Places And Spaces (1975)Blue Note

SEMINAL MONSTER LP!!The definitive jazz funk album produced by the Mizell brothers. A classic all the way featuring the essential rare groove cuts 'Change',...

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– Change
– Wind Parade
– (Fallin' Like) Dominoes
– Places And Spaces
– You And The Music
– Night Whistler
– Just My Imagination

1. – Change
2. – Wind Parade
3. – (Fallin' Like) Dominoes
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CD 7522468£16.99
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LP (180 gram) 3596800£27.99
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Original LP UIJY-75039PMI£45.00
Vinyl condition: VGSleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned USA Vinyl, light marks to vinyl plays well
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Donald Byrd Slow Drag (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note

Wicked 1967 album. Recommended.

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New LP (180g) 3856842£31.99
Tone Poet Edition
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Donald Byrd Byrd In Flight (Tone Poet Edition)Blue Note

The high-spirited soloing of trumpeter Donald Byrd and tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley on “Ghana” — the opening track of Byrd In Flight —...

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LP (180 gram) 893500£42.99
Deluxe, 180g 'Tone Poet' edition in a gatefold sleeve.
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Donald Byrd Ethiopian Knights Blue Note

Heavy album! Excellent 1971 rootsy funky jazz fusion album in the spirit of Miles Davis' 'Bitches Brew'! "The Emperor" is a BAD TUNE.

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New LP (180g) 7759664£25.99
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Donald Byrd Royal Flush Blue Note

Early Blue Note release from Donald Byrd, originally released in 1961, with a very young Herbie Hancock (only 21 years old) on piano and the superlative...

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LP 6500765£27.99
Blue Note's 'Classic Vinyl' series
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In addition to appearing as a sideman with Blue Note organists Baby Face Willette and Big John Patton, the brawny tenor saxophonist Fred Jackson also cut...

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– Dippin' In The Bag
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1. – Dippin' In The Bag
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3. – Preach Brother
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Larry Young Mother Ship Blue Note

The final Blue Note album by organist Larry Young, 1969’s Mother Ship bristled with unbridled kinetic energy while delivering soulful grooves. First...

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1. – Mother Ship
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3. – Visions
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Frank Sinatra Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!Blue Note

Following his melancholy masterpiece In The Wee Small Hours, the legendary vocalist Frank Sinatra brightened the mood considerably with his exuberant album...

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– You Make Me Feel So Young
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– I Thought About You
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1. – You Make Me Feel So Young
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LP 7894910£36.99
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Andrew Hill Judgment Blue Note

Alfred Lion considered pianist-composer Andrew Hill as unique as Thelonious Monk and documented Hill’s music with a fervor. Recorded in 1964 with a quartet...

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Stanley Turrentine In Memory Of Blue Note

Stanley Turrentine’s stellar 1964 album, In Memory Of, traversed swinging hard bop, beautiful balladry and African rhythms with the saxophonist fronting...

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LP 5571608£36.99
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Art Hodes The Funky Piano Of Art Hodes Blue Note

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Lou Donaldson Mr. Shing-A-Ling Blue Note

Killer late 60s funky jazz on Blue Note, including the much sampled version of 'Ode To Billy Joe'.

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– ode to billie joe

1. – ode to billie joe
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LP 7738851£38.99
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Freddie Roach Down To Earth Blue Note

Hammond B3 organist Freddie Roach began a run of Blue Note leader dates with his excellent 1962 debut Down To Earth. The deeply soulful set was a showcase...

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'Baby Face' Willette Stop And Listen Blue Note

Beautiful, a different Hammond B3 sound than Smith, fabulous ballads, great swing, this man should have been huge but disappeared back to Cook County in...

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New LP (180g) 6514975£27.99
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Eddie Henderson Heritage (1976)Blue Note

Trumpeter Eddie Henderson came to prominence as a member of Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi in the early-70s after which he recorded a pair of seminal jazz-funk...

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LP (180 gram) 6581683£27.99
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Horace Silver Silver 'N Brass (1975)Blue Note

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Original LP£25.00
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Donald Byrd Street Lady (1973)Blue Note

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Duke Pearson Wahoo!Blue Note

Duke Pearson’s great 1964 album Wahoo! was a perfect encapsulation of his talents as a pianist, composer and bandleader. Writing for a sextet featuring...

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New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 4509258£39.00
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– Introduction
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Donald Byrd At The Half Note Café, Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series)

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