Donald Byrd - Slow Drag (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)Donald Byrd's 1967 album Slow Drag was one of the last pure hard bop records the trumpeter would make before his music began evolving towards fusion. Byrd flies high on this gratifying set featuring alto saxophonist Sonny Red, pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Walter Booker & drummer Billy Higgins. This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, &

as well as the latest critical edition by Jonathan Del Mar (Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag

wiping out the dinosaurs

Johann Bernhard Bach's four Orchestral Suites

The album was primarily recorded from live services during the celebration of the Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord Jesus Christ to the Blessed Virgin Mary on March 24 and 25

How High 7

This CD is a solid blast from start to finish

For the last 30 years

which charted in the Top 10 of the UK Specialist Classical Chart

includes his legendary "barrel of bricks" story

his solo piano music can nevertheless be surprisingly rewarding

captivating stage presence and natural musicianship

but he has now even been appointed professor at the famous Schola Cantorum in Basel