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This Is A Photograph features musical contributions from longtime staples of Morby's live band

downplaying sonic pyrotechnics in favor of a song-focused ensemble approach that would lay the groundwork for his successful solo career

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It is a collaboration between the Jazz Messengers

Donald Byrd - "Chant" Tone Poet label_Downtown This Is A Photograph featuresTrumpeter Donald Byrd and baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams had a formidable partnership throughout the early 1960s, making a series of highly regarded hard bop albums. Yet somehow this masterful quintet session from April 1961 (which also features Herbie Hancock, sounding exceptionally fine on his very first Blue Note recording session) remained unreleased for nearly 20 years. Of particular note are Herbie's playing on "Great God" and the