Byrd, Donald
Slow Drag
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Sealed 2023 Audiophile Reissue, Part Of Blue Note's Tone Poet Series. Housed In A Beautiful Gatefold Jacket And Mastered From The Original Analogue Tapes. Originally Recorded On May 12, 1967, At Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. "Slow Drag Was One Of Trumpeter Donald Byrd's Final Hard Bop Dates. Teamed With Altoist Sonny Red, Pianist Cedar Walton, Bassist Walter Booker And Drummer Billy Higgins (Who Takes A Surprise Vocal On The Title Cut), This Quintet Outing Features Originals By Byrd, Walton And Red Along With The Standards "Secret Love" And "My Ideal." The Music In General Finds Byrd Looking Both Backwards Toward The Blues And Forwards Toward Modal Music And Hints Of The Avant-garde. A Fine Effort." AMG - Scott Yanow.