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Free Form (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) LP
Free Form (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) LP
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Artist
Donald Byrd

Free Form (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) LP

$38.98

Description

1961 was a prolific year in the musical life of Donald Byrd that found the great trumpeter at the very peak of his hard bop era. That year alone Byrd would record four stellar sessions: Chant, The Cat Walk, Royal Flush, and Free Form. Byrd had been honing a sharp new rhythm section with the introduction of pianist Herbie Hancock who along with bassist Butch Warren and drummer Billy Higgins brought a modern yet soulful sound to the music. The final touch was inviting saxophonist Wayne Shorter, who was bringing a modernist edge to Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers at the time, to join Byrd on the frontline. Presenting four Byrd originals, and one by Hancock, the set covered a broad stylistic range from the sanctified opener “Pentecostal Feeling” to the easy-going swinger “Nai Nai” to the evocative and expansive closing title track.

Tracklist

A1 Pentecostal Feeling
A2 Night Flower
A3 Nai Nai
B1 French Spice
B2 Free Form

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