Donald Byrd's 1967 album, Slow Drag, was one of the last, pure hard bop records the trumpeter would make before his music evolved towards fusion. Byrd flies high on this gratifying set featuring Sonny Red (alto sax), Cedar Walton (piano), Walter Booker (bass), and Billy Higgins (drums). Blue Note Tone Poet Series features all-analog, remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.