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    Donald Byrd Byrd's Eye View (Tone Poet)

    Decca / Blue Note
      • 1. Doug's Blues
      • 2. El Sino
      • 3. Everything Happens To Me
      • 4. Hank's Tune
      • 5. Hank's Other Tune (Late Show)

      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 of the line-up of The Jazz Messengers with Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins, and Art Blakey plus trumpeter Joe Gordon on several tracks.

      This mono 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 tip-on jacket with an 8.5” x 5.5” booklet.

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        Donald ByrdPlaces And Spaces (1975)Blue Note
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        Wicked 1967 album. Recommended.
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          Donald ByrdLive Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux (1973)Blue Note
          "I’ve been waiting over 30 years for this to come out officially" Gilles Peterson "Donald Byrd in a super rare 1973 public appearance of the Mizell...
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