DONALD BYRD - THE CAT WALK (LP)

Donald Byrd The Cat Walk on Vinyl LP! 

The Cat Walk is a classic soul-jazz offering from trumpeter Donald Byrd. It's also one of his most sinister (and most rare) albums for Blue Note! The quintet features frequent bandmate Pepper Adams on baritone, Duke Pearson on piano and Philly Joe Jones on drums, all grooving with some of the tightness heard on other Adams/Byrd dates, but with a noticably warmer, more open-ended approach to the music, especially on the solos! The tracks slink along with a dark little groove and although Pearson's piano is often sweetly lyrical, it also has a nice hard sound that works well with the sharp-edged horn lines of Byrd and Adams. The album's very much in the vein of the pair's work on the Warwick label during the same time. Includes the excellent compositions "Say You're Mine," "Duke's Mixture," "The Cat Walk" and "Hello Bright Sunflower."

Donald Byrd The Cat Walk Track Listing 

1. Say You're Mine 
2. Duke's Mixture 
3. Each Time I Think of You 
4. Cat Walk 
5. Cute 
6. Hello Bright Sunflower