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:  Royal Flush  (2006)

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Post-Bop, Trumpet Jazz 

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:  *****

Tracks:

 1.  Hush  (6:24)

 2.  I'm A Fool To Want You  (6:15)

 3.  Jorgie's  (8:07)

 4.  Shangri-La  (6:37)

 5.  6M's  (6:30)

 6.  Requiem  (7:07)

Personnel:

Donald Byrd:  Trumpet

Pepper Adams:  Baritone Saxophone

Herbie Hancock:  Piano

Butch Warren:  Bass

Billy Higgins:  Drums

Royal Flush is an album by Donald Byrd, originally released on September 1962 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on August 15, 2006 by Blue Note Records, featuring Pepper Adams, Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins.