Donald Byrd & Herbie Hancock

Royal Flush / Out Of This World / The Cat Walk Donald Byrd & Herbie Hancock Deluxe edition

Donald Byrd, Pepper Adams and Herbie Hancock had a working quintet throughout the year 1961. While Byrd and Adams were already well-known names in the jazz world, Hancock was just starting his long and fruitful career and would join the Miles Davis Quintet in 1963. This release presents two of the albums by the Byrd-Adams-Hancock group, Royal Flush (Blue Note BLP84007) and Out of This World (Warwick W2041ST), as well as another album from the same period featuring Byrd and Adams, The Cat Walk (Blue Note BST 84075). An extended live reading of "Hush," the first tune of Royal Flush, featuring all Byrd, Adams and Hancock, has been added as a further bonus.

DONALD BYRD, trumpet

PEPPER ADAMS, baritone sax

HERBIE HANCOCK, piano

On all tracks, plus:

CD1, 1-6: Royal Flush

BUTCH WARREN, bass; BILLY HIGGINS, drums.

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, September 21, 1961.

CD1, 7-10 & CD2, 1-3: Out of This World

TEDDY CHARLES, vibes on CD1, track 9 only;

LAYMON JACKSON, bass; JIMMY COBB, drums.

New York, 1961.

*BONUS ALBUM (CD2, 4-9): The Cat Walk

DONALD BYRD, trumpet; PEPPER ADAMS, baritone sax;

DUKE PEARSON, piano; LAYMON JACKSON, bass;

PHILLY JOE JONES, drums.

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, May 2, 1961.

**BONUS TRACK (CD2, 10):

DONALD BYRD, trumpet; PEPPER ADAMS, baritone sax;

HERBIE HANCOCK, piano; CLEVELAND EATON, bass;

TEDDY ROBINSON, drums.

Live at Jorgie's Jazz Club, St. Louis, Missouri, June 24, 1961.