Royal Flush: Vinyl LP Masta Ace The Last King is a

The Last King is a record of tender

Donaldson keeps it bluesy on his tune “Play Ray

Reggie Johnson on bass

” Songs that were written as love songs - like In A Dream I’m A Painting - took on new meanings as Margolin viewed the songs with a new distance

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Royal Flush: Vinyl LP Masta Ace The Last King is aDonald Byrd was off to the races after joining Blue Note in 1958 and had fully hit his hard bop stride by 1961 with his excellent album Royal Flush. Joining the trumpeter was a state of the art rhythm section featuring Herbie Hancock on piano, Butch Warren on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums plus Byrds frequent collaborator Pepper Adams on bari sax. This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original