Donald Byrd Mustang LP Blue Note BST-84238 Stereo 1st Pressing Van Gelder
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Donald Byrd Mustang LP Blue Note BST-84238 Stereo 1st Pressing Rudy Van Gelder Archival Sleeve Another Byrd masterpiece. Many give him a bad wrap. I disagree his recording are great Jazz him great interplay
Mustang! is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring performances by Byrd with Sonny Red, Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Walter Booker, and Freddie Waits recorded June 24, 1966 and released on the Blue Note label in 1967 as BLP 4238
Donald Byrd, a talented hard bop trumpeter during his prime, performs a varied repertoire on Mustang!. "Dixie Lee" has dated rhythms, and "Mustang" was an attempt to achieve a hit on the level of Morgan's "The Sidewinder." However, Byrd sounds fine on those numbers; he digs into the complex chord changes of "Fly Little Bird Fly," is sensitive on "I Got It Bad," swings on his "I'm So Excited by You," and performs his memorable countermelody to "On the Trail," which had been recorded earlier by several other musicians. Teamed with a typically impressive Blue Note crew (altoist Sonny Red, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Walter Booker, and drummer Freddie Waits), Byrd performs high-quality straight-ahead jazz that fits the modern mainstream of the era.


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