Donald Byrd- Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) Blues reins in the noise in

reins in the noise in favor of pop songcraft and accessibility

The album serves as a sequel

Death and violence have always haunted his music

The band's only album

The first set of songs that the quintet has put to tape in its hometown

Donald Byrd- Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) Blues reins in the noise inLabel: Blue Note Reissued 7 5 2024, Originally released 1956 Recorded in 1956 for producer Tom Wilson's short lived Boston based label Transition Records, Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill presented trumpeter Donald Byrd in a relaxed and intimate quartet setting with his frequent collaborator Doug Watkins on bass along with Boston area musicians Ray Santisi on piano and Jim Zitano on drums. The standards heavy set was captured on a rainy spring afternoon in