Donald Byrd- Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) Blues purple and blue vinyl

purple and blue vinyl

reins in the noise in favor of pop songcraft and accessibility

The first set of songs that the quintet has put to tape in its hometown

Coming quickly on the heels of their debut was Gravitational Pull vs

Donald Byrd- Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) Blues purple and blue vinylLabel: Blue Note Reissued 7 5 2024, Originally released 1956 Recorded in 1956 for producer Tom Wilson's short lived Boston based label Transition Records, Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill presented trumpeter Donald Byrd in a relaxed and intimate quartet setting with his frequent collaborator Doug Watkins on bass along with Boston area musicians Ray Santisi on piano and Jim Zitano on drums. The standards heavy set was captured on a rainy spring afternoon in