• 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 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 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
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          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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            Art Blakey QuintetA Night At Birdland, Volume 2Blue Note
              • Original LP LNJ-70092£60.00
                Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA Vinyl, 1973 Blue label Liberty pressing in orig shrink!
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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...
                Meshell NdegeocelloNo More Water: The Gospel of James BaldwinBlue Note
                Meshell Ndegeocello’s 2nd Blue Note album No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin is a striking homage to the eminent writer and activist James Baldwin...
                  Wayne ShorterOdyssey Of IskaBlue Note
                  Odyssey of Iska is the fourteenth album by American jazz composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, released on Blue Note Records in 1971. Musicians include...
                    • LP 3896360£36.99
                      Tone Poet Series
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                    Horace SilverThe Trio SidesBlue Note
                      • Original 2×LP BN-LA474-H2£30.00
                        Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Out of Print Pre-Owned USA vinyl
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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...
                          Horace SilverSilver 'N Voices (1977)Blue Note
                          Excellent 70s soul jazz on Blue Note from Silver's group with vocal choir. Deep.
                            • Original LP£20.00
                              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned USA vinyl
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                            Jack WilsonEasterly WindsBlue Note
                            KILLER Blue Note album - 100% essential.
                            • – On Children
                            • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 4509258£39.00
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                            Stanley TurrentineAnother StoryBlue Note
                              • Original LP BST 84336£40.00
                                Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA vinyl
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                              Jackie McLeanTippin' The ScalesBlue Note
                                • Original LP BST 84427£15.00
                                  Vinyl condition: VGSleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Blue Note vinyl, French 1984 DMM pressing, VG ONLY
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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
                                  Tina BrooksTrue BlueBlue Note
                                  The only one of tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks’ albums as a leader to be released during his too-brief lifetime, 1960’s True Blue is a hard bop masterpiece...
                                    • New LP (180g) 5524255£28.00
                                      Expected 17 NovPreorder
                                    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
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                                      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
                                      MadlibShades of Blue (Classic Vinyl Series)Blue Note
                                      Madlib invades Blue Note! Hip hop producer extroardinaire and world class jazz fiend Madlib gets let loose in the Blue Note vaults with his sampler!
                                      • – Introduction
                                      • – Slim's Return
                                      • – Distant Land
                                      • – Mystic Bounce
                                      • – Stormy
                                      • – Blue Note Interlude
                                      • – Please Set Me At Ease
                                      • – Funky Blue Note
                                      • – Alfred Lion Interlude
                                      • – Stepping Into Tomorrow
                                      • – Andrew Hill Break
                                      • – Montara
                                      • – Song For My Father
                                      • – Footprints
                                      • – Peace/Dolphin Dance
                                      • – Outro
                                      • New Audiophile 2×LP (180 GRAM) 5507723£36.99
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                                      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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                                        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...
                                          Ike QuebecSwing Hi - Swing Lo (1969)Blue Note
                                            • Original LP B-6507£10.00
                                              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+
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                                            Jackie McLeanBluesnikBlue Note
                                            Widely regarded as one of Jackie McLean's finest, not to mention most accessible albums, Bluesnik gets the reissue treatment on Blue Note to bring it to...
                                              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
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                                                  Fats NavarroThe Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1Blue Note
                                                    • Original LP BLP 1531£40.00
                                                      Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned French 1984 DMM vinyl
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                                                    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
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                                                      Harold VickSteppin' Out! (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                                                      In 1963, tenor saxophonist Harold Vick made his sole album as a leader for Blue Note, the underrated soul jazz gem Steppin’ Out. The record finds its...
                                                        • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 3814591£36.00
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                                                        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
                                                        Kenny CoxIntroducing Kenny Cox and The Contemporary Jazz QuintetBlue Note
                                                        Recorded in 1968, Introducing Kenny Cox and The Contemporary Jazz Quintet was the debut album by this under-recognized Detroit band led by pianist Kenny...
                                                        • – Mystique
                                                        • – You
                                                        • – Trance Dance
                                                        • – Eclipse
                                                        • – Number Four
                                                        • – Diahnn
                                                        • Original LP£65.00
                                                          Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGorig blue white label liberty first press Blue Note, top spine part undone, few non audible surface marks
                                                        • LP 3829360£22.00
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                                                        Sidney DeParis' Blue Note JazzmenOriginal Blue Note Jazz Volume IIBlue Note
                                                        VOLUME 2
                                                          • Original LP B-6506£15.00
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                                                          Stanley TurrentineRough 'N TumbleBlue Note
                                                          Stanley Turrentine’s 1966 soul jazz classic Rough ‘N Tumble finds a deep and bluesy groove that doesn’t let up from start to finish. Joining Turrentine...
                                                            Lee MorganCaramba (1968)Blue Note
                                                            DEEP, DEEP, DEEP. W/ Bennie Maupin, Cedar Walton, Reginald Workman, Billy Higgins.
                                                            • – Caramba
                                                            • Reissue LP 3876185£27.99
                                                              Gatefold sleeve
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                                                            Joe HendersonInner Urge (1965)Blue Note
                                                            Joe Henderson sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Bob Cranshaw bass, Elvin Jones drums. Coltrane's rhythm kings join Henderson for this exercise in deepness.
                                                            • – el barrio
                                                            Ornette ColemanRound Trip: Ornette Coleman on Blue Note (Tone Poet Edition)Blue Note
                                                            Iconoclastic saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman shook the jazz world when he arrived at the Five Spot Café in New York City in 1959 and began his...

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