Donald Byrd- Royal Flush (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)Label: Blue Note Reissued 10 18 2024, Originally released 1961 Donald Byrd was off to the races after joining the Blue Note roster in 1958 and had fully hit his hard bop stride by 1961 when he laid down his excellent album Royal Flush. Joining the trumpeter was a state of the art rhythm section featuring a young Herbie Hancock on piano (Hancock was making just his second appearance on a Blue Note recording date following Byrd's Chant session earlier

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