Byrd, Donald ‎– A New Perspective Released:1963 The nine cuts on Giant

The nine cuts on Giant Step feature support from the instrumental trio of Jesse Ed Davis (guitar/keyboards)

Give Me All Your Luvin'

Girl Who Came in with the Tide

The Happiness Waltz is very much an album in the present

Byrd, Donald ‎– A New Perspective Released:1963 The nine cuts on GiantNEW VINYL LP ON DOL 2018 180 GRAM VINYL. This unusual set was one of the most successful uses of a gospel choir in a jazz context. Trumpeter Donald Byrd and a septet that includes tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, guitarist Kenny Burrell, and pianist Herbie Hancock are joined by an eight voice choir directed by Coleridge Perkinson. The arrangements by Duke Pearson are masterful and one song, "Cristo Redentor," became a bit of a hit. This is a memorable