Donald Byrd has so many great works, over such a long period, he was filled with the Spirit of Chris for sure. This one is right up there with his best.
Met DB indirectly at City College of San Francisco 1987. Was in the stage band there. We was playing one of his songs. I got up to solo, and the instructor signaled after already started, for me to sit back down. Donald signaled for me to keep playing. Shoot, if the instructor didn’t want me to play, ought to said so before we started.