At The Half Note Café Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP Virgin Label Services and Betamax’s newest effort finds

and Betamax’s newest effort finds the Mercury Prize-nominated trio creating a musical landscape that is equally cerebral as it is physically enthralling

Debutante's Ball

13    Come Away With Me

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Christmas Don’t Be Late (2:40)

At The Half Note Café Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP Virgin Label Services and Betamax’s newest effort findsTrumpeter Donald Byrd was just 2 years into his 2 decade long Blue Note recording career when he brought his quintet in to Manhattans 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 established himself as a leading trumpeter on the scene and was riding high