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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',...
      • – 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£31.99
          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
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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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              Other Releases on Blue Note

              Baby DoddsClassics - Volume 1Blue Note
                • Original LP B-6509£10.00
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                Andrew HillJudgmentBlue Note
                Alfred Lion considered pianist-composer Andrew Hill as unique as Thelonious Monk and documented Hill’s music with a fervor. Recorded in 1964 with a quartet...
                  • LP 7507950£27.99
                    Part of Blue Note’s ‘Classic Vinyl’ series.
                    Expected 21 NovPreorder
                  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...
                    • LP 5571608£36.99
                      Part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
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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...
                      • LP 3538218£31.99
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                      • Original LP BST-84240£50.00
                        Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl Blue/white label liberty pressing,in original shrink
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                      Sidney De ParisDeParis DixieBlue Note
                        • Original LP B-6501£10.00
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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...
                          Freddie RoachDown To EarthBlue Note
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                            '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...
                              Eddie HendersonHeritage (1976)Blue Note
                              Trumpeter Eddie Henderson came to prominence as a member of Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi in the early-70s after which he recorded a pair of seminal jazz-funk...
                                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...
                                  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...
                                    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.
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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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                                            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...
                                              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
                                                    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...
                                                      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
                                                        Donald ByrdSlow Drag (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                                                        Wicked 1967 album. Recommended.
                                                          • New LP (180g) 3856842£31.99
                                                            Tone Poet Edition
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                                                          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
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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...
                                                            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,...
                                                                Bobby HutchersonSan Francisco (1971)Blue Note
                                                                100% STONE COLD CLASSIC BLUE NOTE LP!The musical partnership between vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and tenor saxophonist Harold Land fully blossomed on...
                                                                • – Goin' Down South
                                                                • – Prints Tie
                                                                • – Ummh
                                                                • – A Night In Barcelona
                                                                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
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