Donald Byrd- At The Half Note Café, Vol. 2 (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)Label: Blue Note Reissued 12 5 2025, Originally released 1963 Trumpeter Donald Byrd was only two years into his two decade long Blue Note recording career when he brought his quintet into Manhattan's 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

Lashed To The Slave Stick

River King

Sinister Exaggerator

Random Walk

Shower Scene

Boston Accent

Pease Porridge

For a band that resists repeating itself

Nobody Came

Broken Crown

Death Cult formed

both bands harness the power of big