Milt Jackson and The Thelonious Monk Quartet (1958) (Classic Vinyl Series): Vinyl 2LP 2025BF30% Donald Byrd’s 1967 album Slow

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

The Nurturer

He moves from lyrical ballads to blistering tempos with ease

Wornell's Yorkies (Side A)

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Milt Jackson and The Thelonious Monk Quartet (1958) (Classic Vinyl Series): Vinyl 2LP 2025BF30% Donald Byrd’s 1967 album SlowVibraphonist Milt Jackson appeared on a number of Blue Note sessions throughout the bebop era in the late 1940s and early 1950s including a 1952 date under his leadership which featured the original line up of the Modern Jazz Quartet with John Lewis on piano, Percy Heath on bass, and Kenny Clarke on drums, plus Lou Donaldson on alto saxophone. That year Blue Note released the 10 LP Wizard of the Vibes which included Jacksons memorable theme Bags