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:  At The Half Note Cafe (2023)

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

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:   ****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  My Girl Shirl (10:32)

 2.  Soulful Kiddy (9:55)

Side 2:

 1.  A Portrait Of Jennie (6:48)

 2.  Cecile (14:46)

 3.  The Theme (1:53)

Personnel:

Donald Byrd:  Trumpet

Pepper Adams:  Baritone Saxophone

Duke Pearson:  Piano

Laymon Jackson:  Bass

Lex Humphries:  Drums 

At The Half Note Cafe is a live album by Donald Byrd, originally released in 1961 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on February 3, 2023 by Blue Note Records.  Audiophile Vinyl 180 Gram.