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Early Byrd - The Best Of The Jazz Soul Years

Donald Byrd (trumpet), Billy Higgins (drums), Walter Booker (bass), Sonny Red (alto saxophone), Cedar Walton (piano), Walter Booker (upright bass), Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone), Freddie Waits (drums), McCoy Tyner (piano), Joe Chambers (drums), Roland Wilson (upright bass), Nat Bettis (percussion),...

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Contents

Donald Byrd: Slow Drag

Work length9:45
$1.10
$1.50
  • Donald Byrd (trumpet), Sonny Red (alto saxophone), Cedar Walton (piano), Walter Booker (bass (vocal)), Billy Higgins (drums)
  • Recorded: 1967
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Sylvester Kyner: West Of The Pecos

Work length5:20
$1.10
$1.50
  • Donald Byrd (trumpet), Sonny Red (alto saxophone), Walter Booker (upright bass), Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone), Billy Higgins (drums), Cedar Walton (piano)
  • Recorded: 1967
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Cedar Walton, Walter Booker: Book's Bossa

Work length6:51
$1.10
$1.50
  • Donald Byrd (trumpet), Sonny Red (alto saxophone), Cedar Walton (piano), Walter Booker (upright bass), Billy Higgins (drums)
  • Recorded: 1967
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Sylvester Kyner: Jelly Roll

Work length5:19
$1.10
$1.50
  • Donald Byrd (trumpet), Sonny Red (alto saxophone), Walter Booker (upright bass), Cedar Walton (piano), Billy Higgins (drums)
  • Recorded: 1967
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Sylvester Kyner: Mustang

Work length8:27
$1.10
$1.50
  • Donald Byrd (trumpet), Sonny Red (alto saxophone), Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone), McCoy Tyner (piano), Walter Booker (upright bass), Freddie Waits (drums)
  • Recorded: 1966
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Donald Byrd: Blackjack

Work length6:16
$1.10
$1.50
  • Donald Byrd (trumpet), Sonny Red (alto saxophone), Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone), Walter Booker (upright bass), Billy Higgins (drums)
  • Recorded: 1967
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Charles Hendricks: The Weasil

Work length8:58
$1.10
$1.50
  • Donald Byrd (trumpet), Duke Pearson (piano), Lew Tabackin (flute), Frank Foster (tenor saxophone), Julian Priester (trombone), Jimmy Ponder (guitar), Roland Wilson (upright bass), Joe Chambers (drums), Nat Bettis (percussion), John Robinson (percussion)
  • Recorded: 1969
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Donald Byrd: The Dude

Work length7:50
$1.10
$1.50
  • Donald Byrd (trumpet), Bill Campbell (trombone), Duke Pearson (piano), Mickey Roker (drums), Ron Carter (upright bass), Wally Richardson (guitar), Airto Moreira (percussion), Pepper Adams (clarinet), Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone), Frank Foster (alto flute), Jerry Dodgion (flute), Frank Foster (tenor saxophone), Lew Tabackin (tenor saxophone), Lew Tabackin (flute), Jerry Dodgion (soprano saxophone), Jerry Dodgion (alto saxophone)
  • Recorded: 1970
  • Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Donald Byrd: The Emperor

Work length15:18
$1.10
$1.50
  • Donald Byrd (trumpet), Harold Land (tenor saxophone), Thurman Green (trombone), Joe Sample (organ), Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone), Greg Poree (guitar), Greg Poree (tambourine), Bill Henderson (piano), Don Peake (guitar)
  • Recorded: 1971
  • Recording Venue: A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA