At The Half Note Café Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP #.show-split 8 MOVEMENT 11’

8    MOVEMENT 11’

1    Absence - Feat

Altogether the collection is a bebop masterclass that featured various distinguished casts of bebop luminaries

Angel Of Darkness

the first of his innovative and incredibly successful studio collaborations with producer Larry Mizell

At The Half Note Café Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP #.show-split 8 MOVEMENT 11’Trumpeter Donald Byrd was just 2 years into his 2 decade long Blue Note recording career when he brought his quintet in to Manhattans Half Note Caf in November 1960 to record this soulful, swinging, and highly enjoyable live set of hard bop featuring Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, Duke Pearson on piano, Laymon Jackson on bass, and Lex Humphries on drums. Byrd had already established himself as a leading trumpeter on the scene and was riding high