At the Half Note Cafe

At the Half Note Cafe is a live album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded in 1960 at the Half Note in Manhattan and released on the Blue Note label originally as two single LP issues (BLP 4060 and BLP 4061) and reissued as a double CD set.[1]

This article is about Donald Byrd's jazz album. For other jazz albums recorded at the Half Note Club, see Half note (disambiguation).
At the Half Note Cafe
Live album by
Donald Byrd
Released1960
RecordedNovember 11, 1960
GenreJazz
Length121:26 (Double CD reissue)
LabelBlue Note
Donald Byrd chronology
Byrd in Flight
(1960)		 At the Half Note Cafe
(1960)		 Motor City Scene
(1960)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "This was a hot quintet, one that not only swung hard, but possessed a deep lyricism and an astonishing sense of timing, and one need only this set by them to feel the full measure of their worth".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote that the sessions were "impeccable played and atmospherically recorded, but they tend to show off the best and worst of Byrd: [...] he peels off chorus after chorus of manicured licks, and the process gets repeated throughout".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

Track listing
All compositions by Donald Byrd except as indicated
  1. Introduction by Ruth Mason - 1:20
  2. "My Girl Shirl" (Duke Pearson) - 10:32
  3. "Soulful Kiddy" - 9:55
  4. "Child's Play" (Byrd, Pearson) - 8:45
  5. "Chant" (Pearson) - 11:03
  6. "A Portrait of Jennie" (Gordon Burdge, J. Russel Robinson) 6:48
  7. "Cecile" - 14:46
  8. "Jeannine" (Oscar Brown, Jr., Pearson) - 13:08
  9. "Pure D. Funk" - 6:09
  10. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 9:54
  11. "Theme from Mr. Lucky" (Henry Mancini) - 10:51
  12. "Kimyas" - 11:58
  13. "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) - 6:17
    • Recorded at the Half Note Cafe, NY on November 11, 1960.

Personnel

References
  1. Donald Byrd discography accessed August 31, 2010
  2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed January 4, 2013
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4.
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