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  • Issued : 19 Mar 2007
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Genre : Jazz Catalogue Number : 3742262
Format : CD Label : Blue Note
Issued : 19 Mar 2007 Item sourced from : International
Number of Discs : 1
Other : Remaster, Reissue

Cat Walk

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  • LP   US Edition   ¥2,825   Reissue LP (US Import)   Released: 30 Sep 2008  
  • LP   INT Edition   ¥12,389   Reissue LP (INT Import)   Released: 25 Apr 2009  
  • CD   US Edition   ¥4,144   US Import   Released: 15 Jan 2011  

HMV Review

Trumpeter Donald Byrd and baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams worked together on several recordings between 1958 and 1961, and The Cat Walk (released on LP in 1962) is among the best. A quintet setting, with pianist Duke Pearson (another longtime Byrd collaborator), bassist Laymon Jackson, and a lively Philly Joe Jones on drums joining the front line of Byrd and Adams, the sessions for The Cat Walk benefited from the writing and arrangement skills of Pearson, who contributes three compositions here, the impressive opener Say You're Mine, Duke's Mixture, and Hello Bright Sunflower, which borrows its melodic structure from the opening bars of Lullaby of Broadway and features Byrd using a muted trumpet. Byrd contributed the title track, which attempts to capture the coiled, taut, but somehow still relaxed and assured gait of a tomcat, thanks in no small part to Jones' inspired drumming which hits the mark with stops and turns and smooth run-outs that are indeed very feline in nature. Byrd's playing throughout is typically sleek and lyrical, and Adams' sturdy, husky baritone sound is the perfect counterbalance, making The Cat Walk an essential Byrd purchase. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Credits

Donald Byrd(Trumpet),  Duke Pearson(Piano),  Laymon Jackson(Bass),  Pepper Adams(Sax (Baritone)),  Philly Joe Jones(Drums),  Pepper Adams(Brass),  Alfred Lion(Producer),  Rudy Van Gelder(Engineer),  Bob Blumenthal(Liner Notes),  Francis Wolff(Cover Photo),  Francis Wolff(Photography),  Nat Hentoff(Liner Notes),  Reid Miles(Cover Design),  Rudy Van Gelder(Remastering),  Amanda Wray(Reissue Design),  Michael Cuscuna(Reissue Producer),  Francis Wolff(Session Photographer),  Nat Hentoff(Original Liner Notes)

Songs

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    1
    Say You're Mine  (07:22)
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    2
    Duke's Mixture  (07:03)
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    3
    Each Time I Think of You  (05:37)
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    4
    Cat Walk, The  (06:43)
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    5
    Cute  (06:20)
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    6
    Hello Bright Sunflower  (07:33)

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