At The Half Note Café Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP #.show-split Coleman and Cherry had of

Coleman and Cherry had of course made history together years prior as half of Coleman’s revolutionary quartet that put the NYC jazz world on notice that there was a new thing in town with their 1959 arrival at the Five Spot Café

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it’s fitting that he would eventually take his place on the roster of Blue Note Records

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Altogether the collection is a bebop masterclass that featured various distinguished casts of bebop luminaries

At The Half Note Café Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP #.show-split Coleman and Cherry had ofTrumpeter 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