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Donald Byrd: At The Half Note Café, Vol. 2 (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) 1LP ETJS-119.2 A1: Tom ThumbBlue Note, 1961 Trumpeter Donald Byrd was only 2 years into his 2 decade long Blue Note recording career when he brought his quintet into Manhattans Half Note Caf in November 1960 to record this soulful, swinging, and highly enjoyable live set of hard bop featuring Pepper Adams on baritone saxophone, Duke Pearson on piano, Laymon Jackson on bass, and Lex Humphries on drums. Byrd had already established himself as a leading trumpeter on the scene and