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| Studio album by Donald Byrd | ||||||||||
| Released | 1961 | |||||||||
| Recorded | September 21, 1961 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs |
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| Genre | Jazz | |||||||||
| Length | 41:00 | |||||||||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84101 |
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| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||||||||
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Royal Flush is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring Byrd with Pepper Adams, Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label as BLP 4101.[1] The album is notable for introducing pianist Herbie Hancock, here in his first Blue Note session to be released.
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The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 3 stars and stated "For the most part, the quintet plays a set of vital hard bop... But what's really interesting is when they begin pushing the boundaries".[2]
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