Mustang!

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Personnel: Donald Byrd (trumpet); Sonny Red (alto saxophone); Hank Mobley, Jimmy Heath (tenor saxophone); McCoy Tyner (piano); Walter Booker (bass); Freddie Waits, Joe Chambers (drums). Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 18, 1964 and June 24, 1966. Originally released on Bluenote (84238). Includes liner notes by Nat Hentoff. Digitally remastered using 20-bit technology by Ron McMaster. After experimenting stylistically on 1963's A NEW PERSPECTIVE (the record included a gospel choir singing with a jazz septet), Donald Byrd returned to playing straight-ahead hard bop in the manner of his late-'50s and early-'60s Blue Note releases. MUSTANG is one such album--a recording of fine, swinging jazz of the quality one expects from Byrd and his associates. With the help of stellar personnel--including Hank Mobley and McCoy Tyner--Byrd burns through this excellent set. In addition to cover tunes (Duke Ellington's "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" and Sylvester Kyner's title cut), there are several Byrd originals. The boogaloo-themed "Dixie Lee" and the breakneck-paced "Fly Little Bird Fly" give the instrumentalists plenty of room to stretch out. The CD reissue contains two bonus tracks excerpted from an earlier recording session, featuring saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Joe Chambers.