Donald Byrd: Slow Drag (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) LP ETJS-8 Another challenge for Pops was

Another challenge for Pops was the fact that the material was not his normal repertoire

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both he and Miss Fitzgerald were appearing in an all-star concert also featuring Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson that was recorded for an album entitled Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1956)

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Donald Byrd: Slow Drag (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) LP ETJS-8 Another challenge for Pops wasBlue Note, 1968 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 jazz funk. Byrd flies high on this gratifyingly gritty set featuring alto saxophonist Sonny Red, pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Walter Booker and drummer Billy Higgins. This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analogue master tapes,