At the Half Note Cafe

At the Half Note Cafe
Live album by Donald Byrd
Released	1960
Recorded	November 11, 1960
Genre	Jazz
Length	121:26 (Double CD reissue)
Label	Blue Note
Donald Byrd chronology
Byrd in Flight (1960) At the Half Note Cafe (1960) Motor City Scene (1960)

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]

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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

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

• Donald Byrd - trumpet,
• Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
• Duke Pearson - piano
• Laymon Jackson - bass
• Lex Humphries - drums

References