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At The Half Note Cafe, Vol. 2

Donald Byrd

Recorded	Nov 11, 1960
Label	Blue Note
Catalog	BLP 4061
Released	1960
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 437181

The record

The second disc from the same club night keeps Byrd and Adams talking through choruses with the ease of a working band, not a studio unit. Pearson's touch stays light, letting the frontline's back-and-forth carry the set.

Session personnel

Pepper Adams — baritone saxophone
Laymon Jackson — bass
Lex Humphries — drums
Duke Pearson — piano
Donald Byrd — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 21 pressings on file.

1963	Blue Note · BLP 4061 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear
1963	Blue Note · BST 84061 — Vinyl, LP, Album · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1963	Blue Note · BST 84061 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, DG Side 1 · deep groove (one side); RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1963	Blue Note · BLP 4061 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove
1966	Blue Note · BST 84061 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1966	Blue Note · BLP 4061 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1966	Blue Note · 84061 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo
1970	Blue Note · 84061 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo
1978	Blue Note · GXK 8105 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1987	Blue Note
1987	Blue Note · B4J 84061 — Cassette, Album, Reissue
1987	Blue Note · 7465401 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Direct Metal Mastering
1989	Blue Note · CJ28-5136 — CD, Album, Reissue
1989	Blue Note · CJ28-5136 — CD, Album, Promo, Reissue