Donald Byrd: Royal Flush LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) etjs-66.1 Blue Giant ~Cello & Piano~

Blue Giant ~Cello & Piano~

Pure Emotion

Pretty Scattered

and featured stand-out contributions from tenor saxophonist Harold Land and vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson

C Jam Blues

Donald Byrd: Royal Flush LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) etjs-66.1 Blue Giant ~Cello & Piano~Blue Note, 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 2nd appearance on a Blue Note recording date following Byrds Chant session earlier that year), Butch Warren on bass, and Billy Higgins