Donald Byrd – At the Half Note Vol 1 – 180g [Tone Poet Series]

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Artist: Donald Byrd |Label: Blue Note84151|Format: LP |Genre: Jazz |Album Condition: New | Cover Condition: Sealed

Donald Byrd
At the Half Note Vol. 1
Blue Note4060 (B0033842-01) – Tone Poet Series in a thick gatefold jacket on 180g vinyl

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 on a creative hot streak that produced the studio albumsOff To The Races,Byrd In Hand,Fuego, andByrd In Flight. After an introduction by WOV disc jockey Ruth Mason (who would later become Ruth Lion, wife of Blue Note founder Alfred Lion), the band hits the ground running on Pearsons up-tempo My Girl Shirl before downshifting into Byrds blues Soulful Kiddy. Side 2 opens with a beautiful ballad performance of A Portrait of Jennie before stretching out on another original blues by Byrd titled Cecile and concluding Volume 1 with the bands theme Pure D. Funk.

The Blue Note Tone Poet Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley (from Music Matters), a.k.a. the Tone Poet, on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.

Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180 gm audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Blue Note/Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT.

Blue Note Records Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog, mastered-from-the-original-master-tape 180g audiophile vinyl reissues in deluxe gatefold packaging. Mastering is by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and vinyl is manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI).

Tracklist:
My Girl Shirl
Soulful Kiddy
A Portrait of Jennie
CecileThe Theme

NEW SEALED 180g LP – audiophile quality w/ thick gatefold jacket