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    Donald Byrd Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill

    Transition / Blue Note
      • 1. Little Rock Getaway
      • 2. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
      • 3. People Will Say We're In Love
      • 4. If I Love Again
      • 5. What's New
      • 6. Stella By Starlight

      Recorded in 1956 for producer Tom Wilson’s Boston-based label Transition Records, Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill presented trumpeter Donald Byrd in a relaxed and intimate quartet setting with Doug Watkins on bass along with Boston area musicians Ray Santisi on piano and Jim Zitano on drums.

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