• Donald Byrd – Blackjack
    • 1. Blackjack
    • 2. West of the pecos
    • 3. loki
    • 4. Eldorardo
    • 5. Beale street
    • 6. Pentatonic

    Classic Byrd on Blue Note, featuring Hank Mobley and Sonny Red.


    Other Releases by Donald Byrd

    Donald ByrdStepping Into Tomorrow (1975)Blue Note
    All time-rare groove Mizell brothers production. Includes the massive 'Think Twice'.
    • – stepping into tomorrow
    • – think twice
    • LP (180 gram) 6581682£24.00
      Expected 18 JulPreorder
    Donald ByrdByrd'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...
      Donald ByrdPlaces 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',...
      • – Change
      • – Wind Parade
      • – (Fallin' Like) Dominoes
      • – Places And Spaces
      • – You And The Music
      • – Night Whistler
      • – Just My Imagination
      Donald ByrdSlow Drag (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
      Wicked 1967 album. Recommended.
        • New LP (180g) 3856842£39.00
          Tone Poet Edition
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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...
        • – Black Byrd (Live)
        • – You've Got It Bad Girl (Live)
        • – The East (Live)
        • – Introductions (Live)
        • – Kwame (Live)
        • – Poco-Mania (Live)
        Donald ByrdAt The Half Note Café, Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
        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...
          • LP (180 gram) 3814586£35.00
            Gatefold sleeve
            In stockAdd to Bag

          Other Releases on Blue Note

          Donald ByrdStepping Into Tomorrow (1975)Blue Note
          All time-rare groove Mizell brothers production. Includes the massive 'Think Twice'.
          • – stepping into tomorrow
          • – think twice
          • LP (180 gram) 6581682£24.00
            Expected 18 JulPreorder
          Dexter GordonLandslideBlue Note
          First issued in 1980 as part of Blue Note's LT Series, Landslide compiles three previously unreleased sessions from 1961-62, capturing saxophonist Dexter...
            Freddie RoachDown To EarthBlue 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...
              'Baby Face' WilletteStop And ListenBlue 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...
                Horace SilverTotal Response (1972)Blue Note
                Essential Horace Silver 1972 on Blue Note. Very, very deep but still with Silver's characteristic soul jazz style. All Silvers late 60s/early 70s blue...
                  • Original LP BLUNT84368£50.00
                    Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl, 1975 blue label with Blue Note house inner, cut out top right
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                  Andrew HillAndrew!!!Blue Note
                  Pianist Andrew Hill burst onto the scene in 1963–64 with a torrent of creativity that produced five remarkable albums including Andrew!!! featuring saxophonist...
                    • LP 5811998£36.99
                      Expected 13 JunPreorder
                    Leo ParkerRollin' With LeoBlue Note
                    Joining pianist John Cameron in the "good and the great of British Jazz" line-up is bass player Danny Thompson, percussionist Tony Carr, and flute and...
                      Grachan Moncur IIISome Other Stuff (Tone Poet)Blue Note
                      Following his excellent 1963 debut Evolution, trombonist Grachan Moncur III ventured even deeper into experimental waters on 1964’s Some Other Stuff,...
                        • LP 5542148£36.99
                          This is part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
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                        Horace SilverFurther ExplorationsBlue Note
                          • Original LP 31C 052 82962£20.00
                            Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG-Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Brazilian pressing Blue Note Vinyl, lot of sleeve/spine wear
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                          Eliane EliasIllusionsBlue Note
                            • Original LP BLJ-46994£18.00
                              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl, ex-radio station copy with radio station stickers on front
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                            Dom MinasiWhen Joanna Loved MeBlue Note
                              • Original LP BN-LA258-G£10.00
                                Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl
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                              Duke PearsonWahoo!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...
                                • LP 6510372£27.99
                                  Part of Blue Note's 'Classic Vinyl' series.
                                  In stockAdd to Bag
                                Booker LittleBooker Little & Max RoachBlue Note
                                Trumpeter Booker Little made only a few albums during his tragically short life including his astounding debut Booker Little 4 & Max Roach recorded in...
                                  • LP 4881948£36.99
                                    Part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
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                                  Gene Harris And The Three SoundsLive At The 'It Club'Blue Note
                                  The Three Sounds were one of the most prolific groups on the Blue Note roster from the late-1950s into the early 1970s. Led by pianist Gene Harris the...
                                    Freddie HubbardHere To StayBlue Note
                                    Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard burst out of the gates in 1960 with a torrent of creativity that produced six classic albums in two years including Here To Stay...
                                      • LP 6514965£27.99
                                        Part of Blue Note's 'Classic Vinyl' series.
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                                      Booker ErvinTex Book TenorBlue Note
                                      Booker Ervin cut two stellar Blue Note records in the late-60s including Tex Book Tenor which had to wait until 2005 for its first standalone release....
                                        Joe HendersonMode for Joe (Classic Vinyl Series)Blue Note
                                        Saxophonist Joe Henderson expanded his palette on his vigorous 1966 album Mode for Joe with a dynamic septet featuring Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Bobby...
                                          Jack WilsonEasterly WindsBlue Note
                                          KILLER Blue Note album - 100% essential.
                                          • – On Children
                                          • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 4509258£39.00
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                                          Herbie Nichols TrioHerbie Nichols TrioBlue Note
                                          One of jazz’s most tragically overlooked geniuses, Herbie Nichols was a highly original piano stylist and a composer of tremendous imagination and eclecticism....
                                            Wayne ShorterNight Dreamer (1964)Blue Note
                                            Wayne Shorter's debut for Blue Note, with six original compositions. A transitional record but a classic one with Shorter joined by Lee Morgan, McCoy...
                                            • – Night Dreamer
                                            Sonny ClarkSonny Clark Trio (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                                            Pianist and composer Sonny Clark only lived for 32 years but more than left his mark on the jazz world in that time, with countless seminal albums such...
                                            • – Be-Bop
                                            • – I Didn't Know What Time It Was
                                            • – Two Bass Hit
                                            • – Tadd's Delight
                                            • – Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
                                            • – I'll Remember April
                                            Earl KlughCaptain Caribe - The Best Of Earl KlughBlue Note
                                              • Original LP GP-3205£15.00
                                                Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Secondhand Japanese vinyl, no Obi, some sleeve staining
                                                In stockAdd to Bag
                                              Donald ByrdPlaces 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',...
                                              • – Change
                                              • – Wind Parade
                                              • – (Fallin' Like) Dominoes
                                              • – Places And Spaces
                                              • – You And The Music
                                              • – Night Whistler
                                              • – Just My Imagination
                                              Donald ByrdSlow Drag (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                                              Wicked 1967 album. Recommended.
                                                • New LP (180g) 3856842£39.00
                                                  Tone Poet Edition
                                                  In stockAdd to Bag
                                                Freddie HubbardBlue Spirits (1966)Blue Note
                                                Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, James Spaulding, Larry Ridley, Harold Mabern, Big Black. Classic Blue Note session.
                                                • – soul surge
                                                • – jodo
                                                • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 3856838£34.99
                                                  Tone Poet Edition
                                                  In stockAdd to Bag
                                                Walter Smith IIIReturn to CasualBlue Note
                                                Saxophonist and composer Walter Smith III enters a new era of his band leading career with his remarkable Blue Note debut return to casual, the long-anticipated...
                                                  Horace Parlan QuintetSpeakin' My PieceBlue Note
                                                  Horace Parlan struck out in style as a bandleader in 1960 with a swathe of albums for Blue Note, amongst which was this dazzling display with his quintet....
                                                    Transmissions from Total Refreshment CentreBlue Note
                                                    All the best music has a community underneath it. The extended family around London’s Total Refreshment Centre (TRC) connects continents and generations,...
                                                      Grant GreenGreen is Beautiful (Classic Vinyl Series)Blue Note
                                                      Another Blue Note killer coming! Grant Green killer 1970 super funky soul jazz LP from Liberty-era Blue Note Records. This is one of the best Blue Note...
                                                      • – Ain't It Funky Now
                                                      • – The Windjammer
                                                      • – Dracula
                                                      Bobbi HumphreyFancy Dancer (1975)Blue Note
                                                      Classic jazz funk album produced by the awesome Mizell Brothers which includes the ESSENTIAL track 'Uno Esta'!
                                                      • – Uno Esta
                                                      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...
                                                      • – Black Byrd (Live)
                                                      • – You've Got It Bad Girl (Live)
                                                      • – The East (Live)
                                                      • – Introductions (Live)
                                                      • – Kwame (Live)
                                                      • – Poco-Mania (Live)
                                                      Donald ByrdAt The Half Note Café, Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                                                      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...
                                                        • LP (180 gram) 3814586£35.00
                                                          Gatefold sleeve
                                                          In stockAdd to Bag
                                                        Bobby HutchersonStick-Up!Blue Note
                                                        Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s 1966 album Stick-Up! found him in the company of a new band line-up with Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Lewis, and...
                                                          • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 3573216£36.00
                                                            Tone Poet Edition
                                                            In stockAdd to Bag
                                                          John ColtraneBlue TrainBlue Note
                                                          **Late 50s hard bop! Coltrane's second on Blue Note.** John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, bandleaderPaul Chambers – double bassKenny Drew – pianoCurtis...
                                                          • – Moment's Notice

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