• Donald Byrd – Blackjack
    • 1. Blackjack
    • 2. West of the pecos
    • 3. loki
    • 4. Eldorardo
    • 5. Beale street
    • 6. Pentatonic

    Classic Byrd on Blue Note, featuring Hank Mobley and Sonny Red.


    Other Releases by Donald Byrd

    Donald ByrdByrd's Eye View (Tone Poet)Decca (UMO) / Blue Note
    Recorded in 1955 for Tom Wilson’s Transition label, Byrd’s Eye View was Donald Byrd’s first issued album as a leader featuring the trumpeter at the...
      Donald ByrdPlaces And Spaces (1975)Blue Note
      SEMINAL MONSTER LP!!The definitive jazz funk album produced by the Mizell brothers. A classic all the way featuring the essential rare groove cuts 'Change',...
      • – Change
      • – Wind Parade
      • – (Fallin' Like) Dominoes
      • – Places And Spaces
      • – You And The Music
      • – Night Whistler
      • – Just My Imagination
      Donald ByrdSlow Drag (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
      Wicked 1967 album. Recommended.
        • New LP (180g) 3856842£39.00
          Tone Poet Edition
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        Donald ByrdStreet Lady (1973)Blue Note
        Classic jazz funk album written and produced by the magnificent Mizell brothers! Includes 'Lansana's Priestess'. Personnel playing on the album include...
        • – Lansana's Priestess
        • – Miss Kane
        • – Sister Love
        • – Street Lady
        • – Witch Hunt
        • – Woman of The World
        Donald ByrdAt The Half Note Café, Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
        In November 1960, trumpeter Donald Byrd brought his quintet in to the Half Note Café in New York City to record this soulful, swinging, and highly enjoyable...
          • LP (180 gram) 3814586£35.00
            Gatefold sleeve
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          Donald ByrdEthiopian KnightsBlue Note
          Heavy album! Excellent 1971 rootsy funky jazz fusion album in the spirit of Miles Davis' 'Bitches Brew'! "The Emperor" is a BAD TUNE.
          • – The Emperor

          Other Releases on Blue Note

          Bill FrisellOrchestrasBlue Note
          Guitarist Bill Frisell’s new double LP Orchestras documents two inspired concert-hall engagements arranged by Michael Gibbs for Frisell’s long-standing...
            Sonny RollinsA Night At The Village VanguardBlue Note
            An expanded 3xLP edition of Sonny Rollins’ essential and legendary live trio album A Night At The Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters is added to...
              Horace SilverThe Trio SidesBlue Note
                • Original 2×LP BN-LA474-H2£30.00
                  Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Out of Print Pre-Owned USA vinyl
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                Jackie McLeanAction (Tone Poems)Blue Note
                Jackie McLean’s 60s output ran the gamut from hard bop to avant-garde with his 1964 album Action splitting the difference from the searing title track...
                  Booker ErvinTex Book TenorBlue Note
                  Booker Ervin cut two stellar Blue Note records in the late-60s including Tex Book Tenor which had to wait until 2005 for its first standalone release....
                    Joe HendersonMode for Joe (Classic Vinyl Series)Blue Note
                    Saxophonist Joe Henderson expanded his palette on his vigorous 1966 album Mode for Joe with a dynamic septet featuring Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Bobby...
                      Horace SilverSilver 'N Voices (1977)Blue Note
                      Excellent 70s soul jazz on Blue Note from Silver's group with vocal choir. Deep.
                        • Original LP£20.00
                          Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA vinyl
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                        Kenny BurrellK. B. Blues (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                        Recorded in 1957, Kenny Burrell’s 3rd session as a leader for Blue Note presented the guitarist’s signature stylings with a crack team of hard boppers...
                          Jack WilsonEasterly WindsBlue Note
                          KILLER Blue Note album - 100% essential.
                          • – On Children
                          • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 4509258£39.00
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                          Stanley TurrentineAnother StoryBlue Note
                            • Original LP BST 84336£40.00
                              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA vinyl
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                            Jackie McLeanTippin' The ScalesBlue Note
                              • Original LP BST 84427£15.00
                                Vinyl condition: VGSleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Blue Note vinyl, French 1984 DMM pressing, VG ONLY
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                              Lou DonaldsonLush LifeBlue Note
                                • Original LP BST 84254£25.00
                                  Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned 1984 French DMM pressing copy
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                                Jimmy SmithOpen House (1968)Blue Note
                                  • Original LP BST 84269£20.00
                                    Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: GOriginal Pre-Owned UK vinyl, blue/black Liberty pressing, lot of sleeve wear/damage
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                                  Herbie Nichols TrioHerbie Nichols TrioBlue Note
                                  One of jazz’s most tragically overlooked geniuses, Herbie Nichols was a highly original piano stylist and a composer of tremendous imagination and eclecticism....
                                    Wayne ShorterNight Dreamer (1964)Blue Note
                                    Wayne Shorter's debut for Blue Note, with six original compositions. A transitional record but a classic one with Shorter joined by Lee Morgan, McCoy...
                                    • – Night Dreamer
                                    Tina BrooksTrue BlueBlue Note
                                    The only one of tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks’ albums as a leader to be released during his too-brief lifetime, 1960’s True Blue is a hard bop masterpiece...
                                      Sonny ClarkSonny Clark Trio (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                                      Pianist and composer Sonny Clark only lived for 32 years but more than left his mark on the jazz world in that time, with countless seminal albums such...
                                      • – Be-Bop
                                      • – I Didn't Know What Time It Was
                                      • – Two Bass Hit
                                      • – Tadd's Delight
                                      • – Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
                                      • – I'll Remember April
                                      Earl KlughCaptain Caribe - The Best Of Earl KlughBlue Note
                                        • Original LP GP-3205£15.00
                                          Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Secondhand Japanese vinyl, no Obi, some sleeve staining
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                                        Donald ByrdPlaces And Spaces (1975)Blue Note
                                        SEMINAL MONSTER LP!!The definitive jazz funk album produced by the Mizell brothers. A classic all the way featuring the essential rare groove cuts 'Change',...
                                        • – Change
                                        • – Wind Parade
                                        • – (Fallin' Like) Dominoes
                                        • – Places And Spaces
                                        • – You And The Music
                                        • – Night Whistler
                                        • – Just My Imagination
                                        Robert GlasperIn My Element (Classic Vinyl Series)Blue Note
                                        Robert Glasper’s 2005 Blue Note debut Canvas signaled the arrival of a singular new voice in jazz and his 2007 follow-up In My Element solidified his...
                                          MadlibShades of Blue (Classic Vinyl Series)Blue Note
                                          Madlib invades Blue Note! Hip hop producer extroardinaire and world class jazz fiend Madlib gets let loose in the Blue Note vaults with his sampler!
                                          • – Introduction
                                          • – Slim's Return
                                          • – Distant Land
                                          • – Mystic Bounce
                                          • – Stormy
                                          • – Blue Note Interlude
                                          • – Please Set Me At Ease
                                          • – Funky Blue Note
                                          • – Alfred Lion Interlude
                                          • – Stepping Into Tomorrow
                                          • – Andrew Hill Break
                                          • – Montara
                                          • – Song For My Father
                                          • – Footprints
                                          • – Peace/Dolphin Dance
                                          • – Outro
                                          • New Audiophile 2×LP (180 GRAM) 5507723£36.99
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                                          Donald ByrdSlow Drag (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                                          Wicked 1967 album. Recommended.
                                            • New LP (180g) 3856842£39.00
                                              Tone Poet Edition
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                                            Freddie HubbardBlue Spirits (1966)Blue Note
                                            Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, James Spaulding, Larry Ridley, Harold Mabern, Big Black. Classic Blue Note session.
                                            • – soul surge
                                            • – jodo
                                            • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 3856838£34.99
                                              Tone Poet Edition
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                                            Walter Smith IIIReturn to CasualBlue Note
                                            Saxophonist and composer Walter Smith III enters a new era of his band leading career with his remarkable Blue Note debut return to casual, the long-anticipated...
                                              Ike QuebecSwing Hi - Swing Lo (1969)Blue Note
                                                • Original LP B-6507£10.00
                                                  Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+
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                                                Donald ByrdStreet Lady (1973)Blue Note
                                                Classic jazz funk album written and produced by the magnificent Mizell brothers! Includes 'Lansana's Priestess'. Personnel playing on the album include...
                                                • – Lansana's Priestess
                                                • – Miss Kane
                                                • – Sister Love
                                                • – Street Lady
                                                • – Witch Hunt
                                                • – Woman of The World
                                                Jackie McLeanBluesnikBlue Note
                                                Widely regarded as one of Jackie McLean's finest, not to mention most accessible albums, Bluesnik gets the reissue treatment on Blue Note to bring it to...
                                                  Horace Parlan QuintetSpeakin' My PieceBlue Note
                                                  Horace Parlan struck out in style as a bandleader in 1960 with a swathe of albums for Blue Note, amongst which was this dazzling display with his quintet....
                                                    Transmissions from Total Refreshment CentreBlue Note
                                                    All the best music has a community underneath it. The extended family around London’s Total Refreshment Centre (TRC) connects continents and generations,...
                                                      Bobby HutchersonSan Francisco (1971)Blue Note
                                                      100% STONE COLD CLASSIC BLUE NOTE LP!The musical partnership between vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and tenor saxophonist Harold Land fully blossomed on...
                                                      • – Goin' Down South
                                                      • – Prints Tie
                                                      • – Ummh
                                                      • – A Night In Barcelona
                                                      Fats NavarroThe Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1Blue Note
                                                        • Original LP BLP 1531£40.00
                                                          Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned French 1984 DMM vinyl
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                                                        Donald ByrdAt The Half Note Café, Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                                                        In November 1960, trumpeter Donald Byrd brought his quintet in to the Half Note Café in New York City to record this soulful, swinging, and highly enjoyable...
                                                          • LP (180 gram) 3814586£35.00
                                                            Gatefold sleeve
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                                                          Harold VickSteppin' Out! (Tone Poet Series)Blue Note
                                                          In 1963, tenor saxophonist Harold Vick made his sole album as a leader for Blue Note, the underrated soul jazz gem Steppin’ Out. The record finds its...
                                                            • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 3814591£36.00
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                                                            Gene HarrisYesterday, Today & Tomorrow (1973)Blue Note
                                                            Rare Wicked funky jazz on Blue Note double vinyl
                                                            • – Monk's Tune
                                                            • Original 2×LP£30.00
                                                              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal blue label liberty Blue Note. Double gatefold album, sleeve wear/staining
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