Donald Byrd

Artist:  Donald Byrd
Birth Name:  Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II
Born:  December 9, 1932.  Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died:  February 4, 2013 (Aged 80).  Dover, Delaware, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Post-Bop, Trumpet Jazz 
Occupation:  Musician
Instruments:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals

Donald Byrd was an American Jazz Trumpet.  He was best known as one of the only Bebop Jazz Musicians who successfully pioneered the Funk and Soul Genres while remaining a Jazz Artist.  He was a sideman for many other Jazz Musicians of his generation, also as a Bandleader.

Title:  The Cat Walk  (2007)
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Post-Bop, Trumpet Jazz 
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Say You're Mine  (7:23)
 2.  Duke's Mixture  (7:04)
 3.  Each Time I Think Of You  (5:37)
 4.  The Cat Walk  (6:43)
 5.  Cute  (6:20)
 6.  Hello Bright Sunflower  (7:34)

Personnel:

Donald Byrd:  Trumpet
Pepper Adams:  Baritone Saxophone
Duke Pearson:  Piano
Laymon Jackson:  Bass
Philly Joe Jones:  Drums

The Cat Walk is an album by Donald Byrd, originally released on February, 1962 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued in 2007 by Blue Note Records, featuring Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, Laymon Jackson, and Philly Joe Jones.