Groovin' For Nat [Remaster]

Performer: Donald Byrd
Artist: Duke Pearson; Johnny Coles
Engineer: Fred Norsworthy
Producer: Alan Bates
Distributor: Allegro Corporation (Dist

Notes: Personnel: Donald Byrd, Johnny Coles (trumpet); Duke Pearson (piano); Bob Cranshaw (bass); Walter Perkins (drums). Recorded at Bell Sound Studios, New York, New York on January 12, 1962. Includes liner notes by Alun Morgan. All tracks have been digitally remastered. On this somewhat obscure Black Lion release (which has been reissued on CD), Donald Byrd teams up with fellow trumpeter Johnny Coles, pianist Duke Pearson, bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Walter Perkins for a set of music dominated by hard bop originals; "Angel Eyes" and "Out Of This World" are the only standards. Augmented by three previously unreleased alternate takes, this straightahead session finds Cole's brittle tone sounding more distinctive than Byrd's (who is in more of a Lee Morgan vein) but everyone plays well. Recommended. ~ Scott Yanow

Donald Byrd set the standard for hard-bop trumpet in his days as a regular on the Prestige and Blue Note labels. His brassy tone and adventurous solos, coupled with a deep sense of the blues, made him one of the most in-demand trumpeters of the 1950s and '60s. Later, Byrd turned to the R&B-influenced side of jazz, which sustained him through several successful years in the late '60s. By the 1970s, Byrd had fully embraced funk and R&B in the form of his popular group, the Blackbyrds. In the '90s, Byrd was introduced to a new crowd when he was a featured performer on rapper Guru's groundbreaking JAZZMATAZZ.

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