Royal Flush W/ Herbie Hancock

THE FRANCIS WOLFF COLLECTION

3 ORIGINAL ALBUMS 0N 2-CD SET

4-PANEL DIGIPACK

16-PAGE BOOKLET

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.

PERSONNEL:

DONALD BYRD, trumpet
PEPPER ADAMS, baritone sax
HERBIE HANCOCK, piano

On all tracks, plus:
CD 1 [1-6]: ROYAL FLUSH
BUTCH WARREN, bass; BILLY HIGGINS, drums.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, September 21, 1961.
CD 1 [7-10] & CD 2 [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 CD 2 [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.

TRACKS:

CD 1: 76:07 Min.
01 Hush
02 I’m a Fool to Want You
03 Jorgie’s
04 Shangri-La
05 6 M’s
06 Requiem
07 Out of This World
08 Curro’s
09 It’s a Beautiful Evening
10 Mr. Lucky Theme

CD 2: 77:14 Min
01 Bird House
02 Day Dream
03 I’m an Old Cowhand
04 Say You’re Mine*
05 Duke’s Mixture*
06 Each Time I Think of You*
07 The Cat Walk*
08 Cute*
09 Hello Bright Sunflower*
10 Hush [Live]**