Slow Drag (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)

Release Date: June 2, 2023

Donald Byrd's Slow Drag captures the trumpeter in 1967 leading a hard bop quintet through six compositions that swing between driving bebop and soulful groove. The album showcases Byrd's warm, precise trumpet tone over tight rhythm section work, with arrangements that give each player space to stretch out while maintaining the pocket.

Mood: late night, sophisticated, swinging