Donald Byrd – Slow Drag
Posted by dOk | Filed under 1967, Jazz
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.
Tracklist
01. Slow Drag
02. Secret Love
03. Book’s Bossa
04. Jelly Roll
05. The Loner
06. My Ideal
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