At The Half Note Café Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP SOV_New Releases Tomorrow Morning

Tomorrow Morning

and Irene Cara’s theme from the original 1980 film enjoyed massive success

their stilted deliveries bouncing around the mix

While Deciphering The Message collects songs from several years of Blue Note history

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At The Half Note Café Vol. 1 (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP SOV_New Releases Tomorrow MorningTrumpeter 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