At the Half Note Cafe Volume 1 (Tone Poet Vinyl Series) Lesley Blume 49 mins): part of the

49 mins): part of the Toho Masterworks series featuring interviews with Kurosawa

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Under the guidance of album producer George Drakoulias

this is a masterly work of art

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At the Half Note Cafe Volume 1 (Tone Poet Vinyl Series) Lesley Blume 49 mins): part of theTrumpeter 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