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Blue Note Records Tone Poet series continues in June with the addition of Donald Byrds 1967 date Slow Drag one of the last pure hard bop sessions that the reliably brilliant trumpeter would cut before his music began evolving towards fusion and McCoy Tyners third Blue Note date Time For Tyner, which saw the great pianist assembling a hornless quartet to perform three expansive originals and three radically reinvented standards.

Donald Byrds 1967 album Slow Drag was one of the last pure hard bop records the trumpeter would make before his music began evolving towards fusion. Byrd flies high on this gratifying set featuring alto saxophonist Sonny Red, pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Walter Booker & drummer Billy Higgins.

This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.

Donald Byrd (trumpet);
Sonny Red (alto sax);
Cedar Walton (piano);
Walter Booker (bass);
Billy Higgins (drums)