LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Byrd, one of the early young migrants from Detroit, and ex-Californian Farmer, already a New York fixture by the time Byrd got there in 1955, are joined in the front line by Jackie McLean who had worked with Donald in George Wallington's group. Barry Harris, who had left Detroit for a minute with the Max Roach quintet, makes his New York recording debut here before returning to Detroit until 1960 when he departed for good as a member of Cannonball Adderley's group. The trumpeters' exchanges on "Dig" are especially exhilarating.
Track listing: The Third, Contour, When Your Lover Has Gone, Dig, 'Round Midnight