Donald Byrd - Blackjack

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Blackjack Written-By – Donald Byrd	6:14
2	West Of The Pecos Written-By – Sylvester Kyner	5:17
3	Loki Written-By – Sylvester Kyner	5:51
4	Eldorardo Written-By – Mitch Farber	7:58
5	Beale Street Written-By – Sylvester Kyner	5:24
6	Pentatonic Written-By – Donald Byrd	4:57
7	All Members Written-By – Jimmy Heath	4:34

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Sonny Red
• Bass – Eddie Khan (tracks: 7), Walter Booker (tracks: 1 to 6)
• Design [Cover Design] – Reid Miles
• Drums – Albert 'Tootie' Heath* (tracks: 7), Billy Higgins (tracks: 1 to 6)
• Engineer [Recording] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Liner Notes [Original] – Nat Hentoff
• Mastered By [With 20-bit Super Bit Mapping] – Ron McMaster
• Photography By [Cover Photograph] – Francis Wolff
• Piano – Cedar Walton (tracks: 1 to 6), Herbie Hancock (tracks: 7)
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
• Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley (tracks: 1 to 6), Jimmy Heath (tracks: 7)
• Trumpet – Donald Byrd

Notes

Recorded on January 9, 1967 (#1-6) and May 27, 1963 (#7) at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

#1-6 originally released as Blue Note BST 84259.
#7 previously unissued.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 2438-21286-2 5

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 4259	Donald Byrd	Blackjack ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 4259	US	1967
7243 8 21286 2 5	Donald Byrd	Blackjack ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Blue Note	7243 8 21286 2 5	UK & Europe	1998
TOCJ-9578, BST-84259	Donald Byrd	Blackjack ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap)	Blue Note, Blue Note	TOCJ-9578, BST-84259	Japan	2004
BST 84259	Donald Byrd	Blackjack ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Blue Note	BST 84259	US	1972
BST 84259	Donald Byrd	Blackjack ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Note	BST 84259	US	1970

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