Donald Byrd - Slow Drag
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Donald Byrd – Trumpet [click here to see more vinyl featuring Donald Byrd]
Drums, Vocals – Billy Higgins
Alto Saxophone – Sonny Red
Bass – Walter Booker
Piano – Cedar Walton
Written by Donald Byrd (A1), Paul Francis Webster (A2), Sammy Fain (A2), Cedar Walton (A3, B2), Walter Booker (A3), Sylvester Kyner (B1), Ronnie Mathews (B2), Leo Robin (B3), Newell Chase (B3), Richard Whiting (B3)
1 LP, gatefold jacket printed by Stoughton Printing Co
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated
Label : Blue Note Tone Poet
Original Label : Blue Note
Recorded on May 12, 1967, at Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder
Original session produced by Alfred Lion
LP supervision by Joe Harley
Mastered and lacquer cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Cover design by Forlenza Venosa Associates
Liner Notes by Nat Hentoff
Photography by Francis Wolff and Charles Keddie
Originally released in December 1968
Reissued in June 2023
Tracks :
Side A:
- Slow Drag
- Secret Love
- Book's Bossa
Side B:
- Jelly Roll
- The Loner
- My Ideal
Reviews :
“Slow Drag was one of trumpeter Donald Byrd's final hard bop dates. Teamed with altoist Sonny Red, pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Walter Booker and drummer Billy Higgins (who takes a surprise vocal on the title cut), this quintet outing features originals by Byrd, Walton and Red along with the standards "Secret Love" and "My Ideal." The music in general finds Byrd looking both backwards toward the blues and forwards toward modal music and hints of the avant-garde. A fine effort.” Review by Scott Yanow
Rating:
AllMusic 4 / 5 , Discogs 4.79 / 5