180-gram gatefold LP
\nMastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tape
\nPlated and pressed at RTI<\/p>\n
The Blue Note Tone Poet Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was’ admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. <\/p>\n
Was brought Joe Harley (from Music Matters), a.k.a. the “Tone Poet,” on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.<\/p>\n
Recorded in 1955 for producer Tom Wilson’s short-lived Boston-based label Transition Records,\u00a0Byrd’s Eye View\u00a0was trumpeter Donald Byrd’s first issued recording as a leader. The date presented Byrd at the helm of what was then the current line-up of The Jazz Messengers with tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, pianist Horace Silver, bassist Doug Watkins, and drummer Art Blakey. <\/p>\n
Local Boston area trumpeter Joe Gordon joins the band for some friendly brass sparring with Byrd on several numbers, further adding to the album’s jovial air of a blowing session.
\nEveryone is in fine form on this five-song set with Side A consisting of an extended stroll through Watkins’ laid-back original “Doug’s Blues” followed by some inspired trading between Byrd and Gordon on “El Sino.” A beautiful rendition of the ballad “Everything Happens To Me” and two swinging Mobley pieces comprise Side B, bringing this highly-enjoyable date to a close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27519,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[753],"product_tag":[282],"woo-feed-brand":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27518","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-vinyl","7":"product_tag-new","8":"pa_brands-blue-note-records","9":"pa_brands-blue-note-tone-poet-series","10":"pa_new-used-new","12":"first","13":"outofstock","14":"taxable","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n