Donald Byrd, Slow Drag - 38m 39s

Tracks & Durations

1. Slow drag	9:46
2. Secret love	3:59
3. Book's bossa	6:52
4. Jerry Roll	5:21
5. The lover	6:16
6. My ideal	6:19

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Review

Making its belated first appearance on CD, this 1967 session finds trumpeter Donald Byrd picking up some of the pieces of his estimable hard-bop career before he veered off into fusion and atmospherics. His third effort in partnership with acrid-toned alto saxophonist Sonny Red (a.k.a. Sylvester Kyner) settles into a soulfully relaxed groove on the opening title cut (which drummer Billy Higgins, in a rare moment of verbosity, peppers with funky spoken declarations) and sustains an attractively even-tempered sound. The album includes graceful renditions of the standards "Secret Love" and "My Ideal" and two well-turned originals by pianist Cedar Walton, who is featured in the rhythm section with bassist Walter Booker. Nothing earthshaking here, but an enjoyable outing nonetheless. --Lloyd Sachs

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Slow Drag

Tracks: 6, Disk length: 38m 40s (+0m 1s)

Slow Drag

Tracks: 6, Disk length: 38m 41s (+0m 2s)

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