Byrd, Donald - Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) SNYL582724.1 Perfume Genius

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Byrd, Donald - Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) SNYL582724.1 Perfume GeniusRecorded in 1956 for producer Tom Wilson's short lived Boston based label Transition Records, Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill presented trumpeter Donald Byrd in a relaxed and intimate quartet setting with his frequent collaborator Doug Watkins on bass along with Boston area musicians Ray Santisi on piano and Jim Zitano on drums. The standards heavy set was captured on a rainy Spring afternoon in the Beacon Hill home of engineer Steve Fassett which provided