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Chant

Donald Byrd

Recorded	Apr 17, 1961
Label	Blue Note
Released	1961
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 357089

The record

Herbie Hancock, months from his own leader date, brings gospel-tinged warmth to a quintet built around Byrd's long-running partnership with Pepper Adams. Watkins' steady bass work, familiar from his Jazz Messengers years, holds the rhythm section together.

Session personnel

Pepper Adams — baritone saxophone
Doug Watkins — bass
Ted Robinson — drums
Herbie Hancock — 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

We hold no original-era LP for this title. The earliest pressing on file is Blue Note LT-991 from 1979, carrying an RVG stamp, and the same year brought the UK LBR 1024 and a South African BNTJ(M) 1024. Brazil followed in 1980 and Japan issued GXK 8183 in 1981. Heavenly Sweetness reissued it in France on 180 gram in 2013, HS077VL, which is the easy copy to find.

1979	Blue Note · LT-991 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file · RVG stamp
1979	Blue Note · LBR 1024 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp
1979	Blue Note · BNTJ(M) 1024 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp
1980	Blue Note · 31C 052 82955 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp
1981	Blue Note · GXK 8183 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp
1981	Blue Note · GXK 8183 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp
2013	Heavenly Sweetness · HS077VL — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 180 gram · RVG stamp
1979	Blue Note · 4LT 991 — Cassette, Album, Stereo
2012	Blue Note · TOCJ-50275 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2019	Blue Note — STEREO
2021	Blue Note — File, FLAC, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 24-bit, 96 kHz
2021	Blue Note · UCCU-8161 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue