Donald Byrd - "Byrd's Eye View" Tone Poet label_Ribbon Music this compilation of music from

this compilation of music from the original three films

without bassist Kevin Ray who parted ways with the band in December 2020

expanding stylistic boundaries and celebrating new possibilities

" "One World (Not Three)" and "Hungry For You

" "Man of 1

Donald Byrd - "Byrd's Eye View" Tone Poet label_Ribbon Music this compilation of music fromRecorded in 1955 for producer Tom Wilson's short lived Boston based label Transition Records, Byrd's Eye View was 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. Local Boston area trumpeter Joe Gordon joins the band for some friendly brass