DONALD BYRD - "Mustang!" (1966-1997) RM / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Donald Byrd, a talented hard bop trumpeter during his prime (although rarely reaching the technical heights of Lee Morgan and Freddie Hubbard), performs a varied repertoire on Mustang!. "Dixie Lee" has dated rhythms, and "Mustang" was an attempt to achieve a hit on the level of Morgan's "The Sidewinder." However, Byrd sounds fine on those numbers; he digs into the complex chord changes of "Fly Little Bird Fly," is sensitive on "I Got It Bad," swings on his "I'm So Excited by You," and performs his memorable countermelody to "On the Trail," which had been recorded earlier by several other musicians. Teamed with a typically impressive Blue Note crew (altoist Sonny Red, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Walter Booker, and drummer Freddie Waits), Byrd performs high-quality straight-ahead jazz that fits the modern mainstream of the era. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist  :
1 Mustang 8:28
Written-By – Sylvester Kyner
2 Fly Little Bird Fly 5:23
Written-By – Donald Byrd
3 I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good 5:51
Written-By – Ellington, Webster 
4 Dixie Lee 6:40
Written-By – Donald Byrd
5 On The Trail 7:41
Written-By – Ferde Grofe
6 I'm So Excited By You 5:38
Written-By – Donald Byrd
7 Gingerbread Boy 8:38
Written-By – Jimmy Heath
8 I'm So Excited By You (First Version) 7:20
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Sonny Red (tracks: 1 to 6)
Bass – Walter Booker
Drums – Freddie Waits (tracks: 1 to 6), Joe Chambers (tracks: 7, 8)
Engineer [Recording] – Rudy Van Gelder
Piano – McCoy Tyner
Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley (tracks: 1 to 6), Jimmy Heath (tracks: 7, 8)
Trumpet – Donald Byrd