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    Donald Byrd Ethiopian Knights

    Blue Note
    • Donald Byrd – The Emperor
    • 1. The Emperor
    • 2. Jamie
    • 3. The Little Rasti

    Heavy album!

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

    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',...
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      • – Night Whistler
      • – Just My Imagination
      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
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        Donald ByrdByrd 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 —...
          • LP (180 gram) 893500£42.99
            Deluxe, 180g 'Tone Poet' edition in a gatefold sleeve.
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          Donald ByrdRoyal FlushBlue 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...
            • LP 6500765£27.99
              Blue Note's 'Classic Vinyl' series
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              Stanley TurrentineIn Memory OfBlue 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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                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...
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                              Eliane EliasIllusionsBlue Note
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                                Dom MinasiWhen Joanna Loved MeBlue Note
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                                  Duke PearsonWahoo!Blue Note
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                                    Booker LittleBooker Little & Max RoachBlue Note
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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...
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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',...
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                                                    • – soul surge
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                                                    • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 3856838£34.99
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                                                              • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 3573216£36.00
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